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Tucker, Tameka M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Nationally published reports on death rates for substance abuse (drug-alcohol related), violence (homicide), and risky sexual behaviors (HIV/AIDS) among African-American men are deeply concerning. The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between historical/developmental factors (masculine identity, racial identity, racism),…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Employment Level, Income, Suicide
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Davidson, Eleanor J. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1989
A survey 0f 625 women supervisors and managers (58 percent response) identified the following personal characteristics of women who have achieved upward mobility in information processing: educational achievement, liberal attitudes toward women, an androgynous sex-role identity, and greater career than family orientation. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Attitudes, Employed Women
Alegria, Margarita; And Others – 1987
Puerto Rico, although Hispanic, Roman Catholic, and conservative about women's role, has one of the highest divorce rates in the world. Puerto Rico's divorce rate has increased substantially since the process of industrialization began. This study analyzed 300 Puerto Rican women divorced between July 1980 and May 1981. Findings indicate that they…
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Status, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
Klein, Myra; Sobkowski, Shawn – 1981
A study examined the reliability and predictive validity of a number of measures designed for the vocational assessment of schizophrenic persons. Also examined in the longitudinal study were the relationships of these measures to each other and to employment status. Eighty-nine of the subjects who had participated in an earlier vocational…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Development, Demography, Employment Level
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Hendricks, Charlene; Haynes, O. Maurice; Painter, Kathleen M. – Infancy, 2007
This study examined unique associations of multiple distal context variables (family socioeconomic status [SES], maternal employment, and paternal parenting) and proximal maternal (personality, intelligence, and knowledge; behavior, self-perceptions, and attributions) and child (age, gender, representation, language, and sociability)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Multivariate Analysis
van Rooyen, J. – 1981
A study that examined the personality and environmental factors affecting South African female career interest and career commitment at different life phases resulted in development of a model of vocational behavior. Selected for the study sample were 111 graduated white women employed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adult Development, Adults, Age