Title:
Impact of maternal employment on daughter's androgyny and motive to avoid success
Author:
Teresa M. Talierco
Committee Member:
Faith Gilroy
Committee Member:
Gregory Helweg
Committee Member:
Gilbert Clapperton
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1981
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
A study of 90 female adolescents of high school age relates the variable of maternal employment to the daughter's level of androgyny and motive to avoid success postulated by Horner. As predicted, daughters of working mothers tend to be androgynous and demonstrate less fear of success than those daughters of non-working mothers. Within the context of Bandura's social learning theory, the mother's working status influences her daughter's sex-role perceptions and self-concept through the process of socialization and modeling. An analysis and correlation were performed to indicate whether results were significant. Findings were conclusive in that maternal employment has a strong impact on the daughter's sex role perceptions and her view of success. Thus, maternal employment is related through the process of socialization to the daughter's conception of her own sex role. Suggestions for future research include expanding the design to compare other religious, cultural, and socioeconomic groups, as well as to explore the effects of part-time and full-time employment. The relevance of the study is indicated by the dramatic increase in the number of women working outside the home in the last decade.
Subject:
Androgyny (Psychology)
Subject:
Fear of success
Subject:
Mothers and daughters
Degree:
Master of Arts
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
TaliercoTM-81
