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- Settling of fine particles.
- Creator
- Kim, Hung Soo., Florida Atlantic University, Scarlatos, Panagiotis (Pete) D., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
- Abstract/Description
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This study pertaining to the settling of fine particles is developed using various models and formulas. The model considers two layers, i.e, the suspension zone dominated by perikinetic flocculation and the settling zone governed by gravitational force. In the suspension zone, floc formation of fine particles is simulated by the maximum chain model in which floc parameters and fractal dimension are compared with existing data. In addition, fractal dimension is compared with that of the...
Show moreThis study pertaining to the settling of fine particles is developed using various models and formulas. The model considers two layers, i.e, the suspension zone dominated by perikinetic flocculation and the settling zone governed by gravitational force. In the suspension zone, floc formation of fine particles is simulated by the maximum chain model in which floc parameters and fractal dimension are compared with existing data. In addition, fractal dimension is compared with that of the hierarchical model. The main assumption of the model is that any floc having sixteen particles outweighs Brownian force, and thus the floc starts falling down into the settling zone. The flocs moving from the suspension zone are considered as nonspherical particles in the settling zone. The study uses a dimensionless settling velocity, omega*, for estimation of the sedimentation of flocs. Settling causes aggregation of the depositing flocs. The form of these aggregates is analyzed by the fractal relationship P ~ L delta.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1992
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14872
- Subject Headings
- Fluid dynamics, Flow visualization
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Seven African-American students at FAU.
- Creator
- Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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A group of African American students. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton campus. Dates are approximate.
- Date Issued
- 1970 - 1980
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/faua0000128
- Subject Headings
- Florida Atlantic University -- History, Florida Atlantic University -- Students, Florida Atlantic University -- Photographs, Florida Atlantic University -- Archives, Florida Atlantic University -- Commencement
- Format
- Image (JPEG)
- Title
- Seven-Year Manatee Survey Looking at Seasonal Patterns of Frequently Observed Individuals in the Harbor Branch Channel Using Photo-Identification Techniques.
- Creator
- Goldsworthy Gomez, Lauren, Moore, Jon, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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The manatee project at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute was established in 2009. Land-based observations and photo-identification techniques have been used over the past seven years, allowing observers to recognize specific resident manatees that visit this location season after season. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Biological Resources Division maintains a photo-identification database of manatees known as the Manatee Individual Photo-identification System, or MIPS. The photographs from...
Show moreThe manatee project at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute was established in 2009. Land-based observations and photo-identification techniques have been used over the past seven years, allowing observers to recognize specific resident manatees that visit this location season after season. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Biological Resources Division maintains a photo-identification database of manatees known as the Manatee Individual Photo-identification System, or MIPS. The photographs from the Manatee Project have been shared with the MIPS database and several manatees from the Manatee Project were matches, indicating some of the manatees are migrants. This project focuses on the seasonal visitation patterns of frequently observed manatees in the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute channel. Knowing which manatees are residents allows observers to preliminarily identify specific individuals that will be part of a future acoustic tagging project.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003674
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Seventeenth-century foodways of british puritans at preacher’s cave, Eleuthera, Bahamas: zooarchaeological and historical evidence.
- Creator
- Gualtieri, Rose E., Fradkin, Arlene, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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British colonization of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera began in the mid-‐ seventeenth century with the arrival of Puritans who came from Bermuda, seeking refuge from religious persecution. Funded by a group of British investors called the Eleutherian Adventurers, This first group of settlers shipwrecked and took refuge in a cave, now known as Preacher’s Cave, where they adapted to the island’s maritime tropical environment. Archaeological excavations conducted at Preacher’s Cave recovered...
Show moreBritish colonization of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera began in the mid-‐ seventeenth century with the arrival of Puritans who came from Bermuda, seeking refuge from religious persecution. Funded by a group of British investors called the Eleutherian Adventurers, This first group of settlers shipwrecked and took refuge in a cave, now known as Preacher’s Cave, where they adapted to the island’s maritime tropical environment. Archaeological excavations conducted at Preacher’s Cave recovered a large quantity of faunal remains. This thesis presents an analysis of these materials and compares the resultant findings to existing historical records pertaining to this settlement. Whereas historical sources document chronic shortages of imported food supplies, the archaeological faunal assemblage demonstrates that the Preacher’s Cave settlers relied primarily upon available resources of the sea and nearby habitats.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004117, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004117
- Subject Headings
- Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Bahamas -- Eleuthera Island -- Preacher's Cave -- Identification, Eleuthera Island (Bahamas) -- Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Bahamas -- Eleuthera Island -- Preacher's Cave, Preacher's Cave (Bahamas) -- Antiquities, Puritans -- Bahamas -- Eleuthera Island -- Conduct of life
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Seventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
- Creator
- Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
- Abstract/Description
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FAU's Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry hosts an annual symposium where students engaged in undergraduate research may present their findings either through a poster presentation or an oral presentation.
- Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005610
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Several FAU students in the breezeway on Boca Raton campus.
- Creator
- Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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FAU students on the breezeway
- Date Issued
- 1965 - 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/faua0000781
- Subject Headings
- Florida Atlantic University -- History, Florida Atlantic University -- Students, Florida Atlantic University -- Photographs, Florida Atlantic University -- Archives
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Sevillanos Flamencas.
- Creator
- Carrasquilla, Andrea [Choreographer], Graham-Shrum, Mercia [Ballet Mistress], Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Los Carlotas [Music], Department of Theatre and Dance
- Abstract/Description
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The Dances We Dance Performance Showcase is a capstone experience for students enrolled in all levels of the Department of Theatre and Dance performance course offerings.
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAdwd09sev
- Subject Headings
- Dance performance
- Format
- Set of related objects
- Title
- Sewage pollution in Negril, Jamaica: effects on nutrition and ecology of coral reef macroalgae.
- Creator
- Lapointe, Brian E., Thacker, K., Hanson, C., Getten, L.
- Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3318909
- Subject Headings
- Coral reef ecology --Jamaica, Sewage, Nutrient pollution of water, Marine eutrophication, Microalgae
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sewage treatment.
- Creator
- Bruderly, D. E., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1974
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3177050
- Subject Headings
- Sewage treatment, Sewage--Purification
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sex determination of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) via hormonal analysis by high performance liquid chromatography.
- Creator
- Botterill, Brooke L., Florida Atlantic University, Milton, Sarah L.
- Abstract/Description
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Sea turtles have temperature-dependent sex determination, with males being produced at cooler temperatures and females at warmer ones. Thus, sex ratios are often estimated on average nest temperatures, but this is unreliable. Therefore, many studies have begun to look to alternative methods to identify sex ratios. Other methods used to determine sex require hatchling sacrifice or are labor intensive. This study utilized high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to investigate correlations...
Show moreSea turtles have temperature-dependent sex determination, with males being produced at cooler temperatures and females at warmer ones. Thus, sex ratios are often estimated on average nest temperatures, but this is unreliable. Therefore, many studies have begun to look to alternative methods to identify sex ratios. Other methods used to determine sex require hatchling sacrifice or are labor intensive. This study utilized high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to investigate correlations between steroid hormone levels in hatchling plasma and allantoic fluid, nest temperature and sex. Hatchling sex was determined laparoscopically to ground-truth hormone profiles. No correlation was found between hormones, nest temperature and sex. However, as hormones were readily detectable by HPLC, the technique may be applicable to juvenile or adult turtles with mature profiles.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13284
- Subject Headings
- Sea turtles--Nests--United States, Loggerhead turtle--Breeding, Sex (Biology), High performance liquid chromatography
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sex differences and similarities in preferred mating arrangements.
- Creator
- Stone, Emily A., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
- Abstract/Description
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Over 90% of men and women marry, but as many as 50% of married men and women have affairs. Thus, in a self-report study of ideal mating arrangements, in which costs associated with infidelity are eliminated, it was hypothesized that men and women would prefer a mating arrangement of monogamy with the option of casual, extra-pair sex. Unexpectedly, men and women (N = 463) overwhelmingly preferred strictly monogamous mating arrangements when forced to select one such ideal arrangement. A...
Show moreOver 90% of men and women marry, but as many as 50% of married men and women have affairs. Thus, in a self-report study of ideal mating arrangements, in which costs associated with infidelity are eliminated, it was hypothesized that men and women would prefer a mating arrangement of monogamy with the option of casual, extra-pair sex. Unexpectedly, men and women (N = 463) overwhelmingly preferred strictly monogamous mating arrangements when forced to select one such ideal arrangement. A hypothesized sex difference did emerge, however, with men more than women rating as more interesting those arrangements that included casual sex or partner variety. Discussion addresses several evolutionarily plausible accounts for the current results and integrates the current results with existing theories about sex differences and similarities in mating psychology and behavior.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13308
- Subject Headings
- Human behavior, Sex (Psychology), Intimacy (Psychology), Life change events, Man-woman relationships--Psychological aspects, Sexual ethics
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- SEX DIFFERENCES IN AROUSAL REDUCTION DURING AN INTERPERSONAL VERBAL CONFLICT.
- Creator
- COLOMBO, JACK., Florida Atlantic University, O'Donovan, Denis, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in arousal reduction between males and females as a function of the sex of target and type of verbal counterresponse, during an interpersonal conflict. The independent variables were the sex of subject, sex of target and type of counterresponse. The dependent variable was the arousal reduction score. Twenty undergraduate males and twenty undergraduate females were used. Sex differences in arousal reduction for subjects counterresponding...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate differences in arousal reduction between males and females as a function of the sex of target and type of verbal counterresponse, during an interpersonal conflict. The independent variables were the sex of subject, sex of target and type of counterresponse. The dependent variable was the arousal reduction score. Twenty undergraduate males and twenty undergraduate females were used. Sex differences in arousal reduction for subjects counterresponding to verbal aggression were found for sex of subject, sex of target and type of counterresponse. Male subjects showed significant arousal reduction only for the disagree counterresponse and females showed arousal reduction only for the agreed counterresponse. Significant arousal reduction occurred only when the subject disagreed with a male target and agreed with a female target.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1975
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13719
- Subject Headings
- Psychology, Experimental
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sex differences in perception of invisible facial expressions.
- Creator
- Hong, Sang Wook, Yoon, K. Lira, Peaco, Sophia
- Date Issued
- 2015-04-02
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000150
- Format
- Citation
- Title
- Sex differences in sexual psychology produce sex-similar preferences for a short-term mate.
- Creator
- Quintus, Brian Joseph, Jr., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
- Abstract/Description
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I explored aspects of men's and women's short-term sexual psychology as a function of a potential short-term partner's relationship status. 468 subjects reported how likely they would be to pursue a casual sexual relationship with a member of the opposite sex who was (1) married, (2) not married but has casual sexual partners, (3) or not married and has no casual sexual partners. Guided by sperm competition theory, I predicted and found that men prefer short-term sex partners who are not...
Show moreI explored aspects of men's and women's short-term sexual psychology as a function of a potential short-term partner's relationship status. 468 subjects reported how likely they would be to pursue a casual sexual relationship with a member of the opposite sex who was (1) married, (2) not married but has casual sexual partners, (3) or not married and has no casual sexual partners. Guided by sperm competition theory, I predicted and found that men prefer short-term sex partners who are not already involved in relationships, thus presenting a lower risk of sperm competition. Because women sometimes use short-term sexual relationships to acquire long-term partners, I predicted and found that women prefer short-term sexual partners who are not already involved in relationships. Finally, across all three levels of the imagined partner's relationship status, men reported a greater likelihood than did women of pursuing a casual sexual relationship. Discussion addresses methodological limitations.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13236
- Subject Headings
- Sex differences, Mate selection, Man-woman relationships
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY CHILDREN PERCEIVE THE CONSEQUENCES OF AGGRESSION.
- Creator
- WEISS, ROBERT JAY, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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In the present study, 120 children participated in an experiment designed to investigate sex differences in the way children perceive the consequences of aggression. Subjects were given a 48 item questionnaire designed to measure their expectations about the consequences for aggressive behavior. Separate questionnaire Items assessed expectations for five categories of consequences which according to Bandura (1973, 1979) may play a role in maintaining aggressive behavior. These categories...
Show moreIn the present study, 120 children participated in an experiment designed to investigate sex differences in the way children perceive the consequences of aggression. Subjects were given a 48 item questionnaire designed to measure their expectations about the consequences for aggressive behavior. Separate questionnaire Items assessed expectations for five categories of consequences which according to Bandura (1973, 1979) may play a role in maintaining aggressive behavior. These categories included self-rewards, tangible rewards, victim suffering, peer approval, and parental approval. Results indicated boys expect greater self-rewards than girls for aggressive behavior. Sex of the target of aggression was also found to be an important variable in determining the perceived consequences of aggressive behavior. Children anticipated greater self-rewards and greater tangible rewards for aggressing towards female targets. They also expected greater parental disapproval and greater victim suffering for female targets. Implications for social learning theory were discussed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1986
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14283
- Subject Headings
- Sex differences (Psychology) in children, Aggressiveness
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sex Estimation in Subadult Skeletons: A Test of Eight Nonmetric Traits of the Mandible and Ilium.
- Creator
- Reinman, Alyssa Shiloh, Broadfield, Douglas C., Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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Diagnosing the sex of subadult skeletal material is a difficult task for bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists. Metric and nonmetric techniques have been tested utilizing both fetal (Boucher 1957, Weaver 1980) and juvenile (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Weaver 1980) skeletal remains. Some metric techniques show promise in estimating the sex of juvenile skeletons, but most are found to be lacking in adequate accuracies (Holcomb and Konigsberg 1995, Weaver 1980). Nonmetric techniques have...
Show moreDiagnosing the sex of subadult skeletal material is a difficult task for bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists. Metric and nonmetric techniques have been tested utilizing both fetal (Boucher 1957, Weaver 1980) and juvenile (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Weaver 1980) skeletal remains. Some metric techniques show promise in estimating the sex of juvenile skeletons, but most are found to be lacking in adequate accuracies (Holcomb and Konigsberg 1995, Weaver 1980). Nonmetric techniques have been found to be more accurate, performing better than chance (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Mittler and Sheridan 1992, Weaver 1980). This study adds to this conversation, utilizing the Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, testing the accuracy of eight nonmetric traits of the subadult mandible and ilium for use in forensic investigations and bioarchaeological research.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004539, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004539
- Subject Headings
- Anthropometry, Forensic anthropology, Forensic osteology, Human remains (Archaeology), Ilium -- Sex differences, Maxilla -- Sex differences, Physical anthropology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sex ratio and crime: A cross-cultural investigation.
- Creator
- Hitchell, Amanda R., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
- Abstract/Description
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When one sex outnumbers the other in a society, what are the social consequences? Sex ratio, or the number of men per 100 women in a society, may affect many aspects of society such as crime rates. It was predicted that in countries with higher sex ratios, crime rates would be higher than in countries with lower sex ratios. It was also predicted that in countries with higher sex ratios, homicide and rape rates would be higher than in countries with lower sex ratios. Additionally, it was...
Show moreWhen one sex outnumbers the other in a society, what are the social consequences? Sex ratio, or the number of men per 100 women in a society, may affect many aspects of society such as crime rates. It was predicted that in countries with higher sex ratios, crime rates would be higher than in countries with lower sex ratios. It was also predicted that in countries with higher sex ratios, homicide and rape rates would be higher than in countries with lower sex ratios. Additionally, it was predicted that in countries with lower sex ratios, the incidence of female offending would be higher than in countries with higher sex ratios. Adult sex ratios and crime statistics were collected for 154 countries and for each of eight years. The prediction that crime rates would be higher in countries with higher sex ratios was partially supported by the data, as was the prediction that rape rates would be higher in countries with higher sex ratios. The prediction that homicide rates would be higher in countries with higher sex ratios was contradicted by the data, and mixed results were found for the prediction that the incidence of female offending would be higher in countries with lower sex ratios. Limitations are discussed, as are possible directions for future research.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13192
- Subject Headings
- Family violence--Cross-cultural studies, Sex ratio--Research, Sex and law--Cross-cultural studies, Female offenders
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sex Wars: Evolved Psychological Sex Differences and Sexual Conflict in the Contexts of Infidelity, Persuasion, and Hip-Hop Song Lyrics.
- Creator
- Davies, Alastair P. C., Shackelford, Todd K., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Although researchers agree that humans exhibit behavioral sex differences, there remains controversy over whether these sex differences are socially constructed or are the product of divergent evolutionary selection pressures on the psychologies of men and women. Through four studies, this dissertation presents evidence that behavioral sex differences have their origin in divergent evolutionary selection pressures and that these sex differences lead to conflict between the sexes. The first...
Show moreAlthough researchers agree that humans exhibit behavioral sex differences, there remains controversy over whether these sex differences are socially constructed or are the product of divergent evolutionary selection pressures on the psychologies of men and women. Through four studies, this dissertation presents evidence that behavioral sex differences have their origin in divergent evolutionary selection pressures and that these sex differences lead to conflict between the sexes. The first two studies investigate a type of sexual infidelity known as human mate poaching. The third study investigates the use of physical attractiveness as a tactic to persuade opposite-sex individuals. The fourth study documents expressions of hypothesized evolved psychological sex differences and sexual conflict in the lyrics of songs from hip-hop artists. The final chapter considers a social constructivist account for the origin of behavioral sex differences and argues that an evolutionary psychological account has greater explanatory power.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000852
- Subject Headings
- Music--Social aspects--United States, Sex in music, Rap (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Sex role--United States, Sex (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sex-role development in young children: Relationships to behavioral and attitudinal measures of parental gender schemas.
- Creator
- Morgan, Amy Kathryn, Florida Atlantic University, Perry, Louise C.
- Abstract/Description
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Parental influence on their children's sex-role development was examined by assessing strength of parental sex-role stereotyping and comparing the results with similar data gathered previously from their children. Parents' gender-schema flexibility was measured by a computer task which required judgements of the gender-appropriateness of sex-typed occupations under both immediate- and delayed-response conditions. Three paper-and-pencil questionnaires measured parents' sex-typed attributes,...
Show moreParental influence on their children's sex-role development was examined by assessing strength of parental sex-role stereotyping and comparing the results with similar data gathered previously from their children. Parents' gender-schema flexibility was measured by a computer task which required judgements of the gender-appropriateness of sex-typed occupations under both immediate- and delayed-response conditions. Three paper-and-pencil questionnaires measured parents' sex-typed attributes, beliefs, and socialization practices. Evidence was obtained for the value of using an immediate-response requirement in future research. Parents gave significantly more sex-stereotyped responses in the immediate- rather than the delayed-response mode. Parental socialization practices were found to have the most links with their children's strength of sex-typing. Measures which distinguished between parental preference for their child's choice of same-sex items and disapproval of their child's choice of opposite-sex items were particularly sensitive.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14924
- Subject Headings
- Sex role in children, Parental influences--Sexual behavior, Schemas (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- SEX-ROLE TRANSCENDENCE AND ADJUSTMENT TO SINGLE PARENTHOOD.
- Creator
- SUTTON, LYNDA LANE., Florida Atlantic University, Anderson, Kristine L., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Sociology
- Abstract/Description
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A study of 112 single parents drawn from two populations (one urban, one rural) was conducted to determine if flexibility across situations, or androgyny, facilitates adjustment to single parenthood. Life satisfaction and coping responses were used as measures of adjustment to single parenthood. Chi square, correlation, and analysis of variance testing of the results revealed that adjustment to single parenthood is greatest among those who receive scores of "androgynous" or "masculine" using...
Show moreA study of 112 single parents drawn from two populations (one urban, one rural) was conducted to determine if flexibility across situations, or androgyny, facilitates adjustment to single parenthood. Life satisfaction and coping responses were used as measures of adjustment to single parenthood. Chi square, correlation, and analysis of variance testing of the results revealed that adjustment to single parenthood is greatest among those who receive scores of "androgynous" or "masculine" using the Bern Sex Role Inventory. Length of employment also had a positive effect on adjustment to single parenthood. Other covariates (e.g., "cause" of single parenting, length of single parenting, length of "househusbanding") did not significantly affect adjustment to single parenthood.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14110
- Subject Headings
- Single parents, Sex role
- Format
- Document (PDF)