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Xu, Yonghong – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This study investigates the underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations from the aspect of earning differentials. Using a national data source that tracked college graduates' work experiences over a ten-year time frame post-bachelor's degree, this study examines longitudinally the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Graduates, Females, Disproportionate Representation
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Benner, Aprile D.; Graham, Sandra – Child Development, 2011
Changes in perceptions of discrimination were examined with 668 Latino students (62% Mexican American; 56% female; M[subscript age] = 14.6 years). Adolescents' reports of discrimination increased across the first 2 years of high school. Perceptions of discrimination were higher for boys and for primary language brokers, as well as for adolescents…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mexican Americans, Adolescents, Path Analysis
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Phan, Huy P. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2008
Introduction: Research pertaining to achievement goals and reflective thinking practice has received considerable attention in educational psychology. However, very few, if any, studies have looked at the impact of the classroom climate and how this psychosocial milieu may influence students' engagement in achievement goals and reflective thinking…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need
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Zalta, Alyson K.; Chambless, Dianne L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2008
A multivariate model was developed to examine the relative contributions of mastery, stress, interpretive bias, and coping to sex differences in worry. Rumination was incorporated as a second outcome variable to test the specificity of these associations. Participants included two samples of undergraduates totaling 302 men and 379 women. A path…
Descriptors: Females, Path Analysis, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology)
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Tyler, Kimberly A.; Johnson, Katherine A.; Brownridge, Douglas A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
The current study longitudinally examines the effects of child maltreatment, parenting, and disadvantaged neighborhood on victimization, delinquency, and well-being via running away and school engagement among a sample of 360 high-risk adolescents. Results of a path analysis revealed that parenting was associated with school engagement, running…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Physical Activities, Sexual Abuse, Delinquency
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Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2008
Using a multi-theory approach, the current study was designed to identify gender differences in the psychological mechanisms by which urban adolescents' motivation in physical education transfers into their leisure-time activities. The theoretical frameworks of Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior were integrated to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Leisure Time, Questionnaires
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Koeske, Gary F.; Krowinski, William J. – Social Work, 2004
This study examined the direct effect of gender, controlling for years of experience, job role, and other variables, in a sample of 359 Pennsylvania social workers. Men social workers received significantly more yearly salary (an estimated $3,665 more) than women social workers. A path analysis suggested that the salary advantage for men that was…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Females, Path Analysis, Managerial Occupations
Chen, Yi-Hsin; Rendina-Gobioff, Gianna; Dedrick, Robert F. – Online Submission, 2007
Method effects associated with item wording have been explored in a variety of instruments and found that the practice of using positively- and negatively- worded items may introduce systematic measurement errors that disrupt analyses and interpretations of the results. Therefore, the first purpose in the present study was to explore if method…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Self Concept Measures, Measures (Individuals), Path Analysis