Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Frank Wesley
Date of Publication
1983
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology
Department
Psychology
Language
English
Subjects
Femininity, Self-esteem, Women in the professions -- United States
DOI
10.15760/etd.3245
Physical Description
1 online resource (45 p.)
Abstract
Research in sex-roles has found masculinity and androgyny to be correlated with self-esteem while femininity has a low or negative correlation with self-esteem. Much of the research in this area is based in studies of androgyny. Androgyny is the ability to respond in a feminine or masculine manner, depending on the situation rather than being limited to only feminine or masculine behavior because of sex-role stereotypes. In the research on self-esteem some studies have reported androgynous individuals measure high in self-esteem. Other studies have found that masculine characteristics contribute more to the self-esteem than androgynous characteristics. These results, taken together, suggest people with androgynous and masculine characteristics have high self-esteem while those with feminine characteristics have lowered or negative self-esteem.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18696
Recommended Citation
Harper, Shirley Ellen, "Femininity and self-esteem in professional women" (1983). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3255.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.3245
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