رسالة جامعية
An Investigation of the Relationship between Feminist Traits and Personal Empowerment for Young Women
| العنوان: | An Investigation of the Relationship between Feminist Traits and Personal Empowerment for Young Women |
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| المؤلفون: | Cunningham, Stephanie J. |
| بيانات النشر: | University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2012. |
| سنة النشر: | 2012 |
| المجموعة: | Ohiolink ETDs |
| Original Material: | http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1345938471Test |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Counseling Psychology, Gender Studies, Psychology, Womens Studies, feminist, feminism, empowerment, feminist identity development, young women |
| الوصف: | Sexism is a significant social problem that deeply affects women's lives, and a large body of research has demonstrated the relationship between discrimination and negative outcomes for women. Feminist consciousness has been suggested as means of challenging these deleterious effects by providing women with a mental framework through which to contextualize and understand this discrimination (Landrine & Klonoff, 1997). Downing and Roush's (1985) model of feminist identity development has been the most commonly used form of conceptualizing women's feminist consciousness but this theory fails to differentiate between the attributes of feminist self-labeling and acceptance of a feminist worldview. In order to provide a more nuanced understanding of how feminist traits relate to women's empowerment the present study used Downing and Roush's five feminist identity styles as a means of operationalizing different orientations to feminist consciousness. These feminist attitudes and feminist self-identification were explored jointly and separately in their connection with personal empowerment specifically as it is conceptualized in feminist therapy theory. A total of 612 traditional college-age undergraduate women (18 to 25 years old) completed a series of online questionnaires to assess feminist attitudes, feminist self-labeling, and personal empowerment. Results support the idea that there are conceptually distinct aspects of feminist consciousness that can be effectively operationalized by Downing and Roush's five identity styles, that there is a significant difference between each of the identity styles of both feminist-identified and non-feminist-identified women, and that there are significant discrepancies between the identity style scores of women who do versus do not self-label as feminist. The present data also provide support for previous research which has suggested that there are positive consequents associated with feminist self-labeling and with the recognition of the existence of sexism that stems from holding pro-feminist attitudes, reflecting a noteworthy relationship between feminist consciousness and personal empowerment. |
| Original Identifier: | oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:akron1345938471 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Text |
| اللغة: | English |
| الإتاحة: | http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1345938471Test |
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| رقم الانضمام: | edsndl.OhioLink.oai.etd.ohiolink.edu.akron1345938471 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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