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Title: THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN CEO AND CFO GENDER DIVERSITY, AUDIT COMMITTEE GENDER DIVERSITY, AND MANAGERIAL OVERCONFIDENCE FOR AUDIT QUALITY.
Creator: Blocker, Tonya, Seavey, Scott E., Thevenot, Maya, Florida Atlantic University, School of Accounting, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Prior studies examine either CEO, CFO, or audit committee member gender as a determinant of audit quality. In contrast, this study makes the unique contribution of examining the interactive effects between a gender diverse CEO-CFO dyad and a gender diverse audit committee on audit quality. Further, prior studies examine the attribute of gender as a determinant of audit quality in isolation. I examine the effect of gender on audit quality in tandem with the potentially moderating effect of...
Show morePrior studies examine either CEO, CFO, or audit committee member gender as a determinant of audit quality. In contrast, this study makes the unique contribution of examining the interactive effects between a gender diverse CEO-CFO dyad and a gender diverse audit committee on audit quality. Further, prior studies examine the attribute of gender as a determinant of audit quality in isolation. I examine the effect of gender on audit quality in tandem with the potentially moderating effect of managerial overconfidence. In doing so, this study makes the unique contribution of examining whether the socialized construct of gender, or the cognitive bias of overconfidence, will weigh more heavily on decisions that relate to audit quality. Results supplement social role and role congruity theories which suggest female leaders are socialized to adopt a management style resulting in more transparent financial reporting and higher audit quality. Specifically, I find incrementally higher audit quality associated with a gender diverse CEO-CFO dyad and audit committee. Further, I find firms with overconfident female CFOs are associated with higher audit quality than firms with overconfident male CFOs. This implies the pressure to maintain the socialized gender role appears to constrain the female manager’s overconfident tendencies. Finally, in a subsample of overconfident CFOs, I find gender diverse audit committees temper female more than male overconfidence for effects on audit quality.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014171
Subject Headings: Auditing, Gender
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Title: Developmental differences in young children's sex-typing: Automatic versus reflective processing.
Creator: Sung, Hung-yen Angela, Florida Atlantic University, Perry, Louise C.
Abstract/Description: Social cognitive factors in early sex-role development were studied by examining judgments of toy appropriateness for boys versus girls under both speeded and delayed response conditions, used as indices of automatic and reflective gender-schema processing, respectively. Subjects aged 3 to 7 viewed photographs of sex-typed and neutral toys and indicated either immediately or after a 2.8 sec. delay who usually plays with them. A toy choice task assessed the children's own sex-typed toy...
Show moreSocial cognitive factors in early sex-role development were studied by examining judgments of toy appropriateness for boys versus girls under both speeded and delayed response conditions, used as indices of automatic and reflective gender-schema processing, respectively. Subjects aged 3 to 7 viewed photographs of sex-typed and neutral toys and indicated either immediately or after a 2.8 sec. delay who usually plays with them. A toy choice task assessed the children's own sex-typed toy preferences. Flexibility judgments (number of neutral responses) increased in a linear fashion with age to neutral-toy stimuli. In contrast, flexibility with respect to sex-typed toys was generally low. The prediction that automatic-mode processing would be more strongly related to children's own sex-typing than is their reflective-mode processing was supported only for 3-year-old boys, in whom automatic-mode stereotyped judgments of feminine toys were linked to strength of sex-typed toy preferences.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14918
Subject Headings: Gender identity, Toys
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: ¿QUÉ ES GAY?: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN MANABÍ PROVINCE, ECUADOR.
Creator: Adorisio, Alessandra, Harris, Michael S., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: This thesis explores how gender and sexuality are expressed in southern Manabí Province, Ecuador. The study employs ethnographic methods to recruit local people who identify as LGBTQ (called LGBTI regionally) to participate in interviews on sexuality and gender identity/expression. Based on this research, I explore the construction of “gay” in this part of Ecuador as identity and performance; additionally, reflective viewpoints of those who self-identify as “gay” are thematically incorporated...
Show moreThis thesis explores how gender and sexuality are expressed in southern Manabí Province, Ecuador. The study employs ethnographic methods to recruit local people who identify as LGBTQ (called LGBTI regionally) to participate in interviews on sexuality and gender identity/expression. Based on this research, I explore the construction of “gay” in this part of Ecuador as identity and performance; additionally, reflective viewpoints of those who self-identify as “gay” are thematically incorporated. The term “gay” is used to describe a spectrum of identities that include: homosexual, transformista, travestí, transexual, and transgénero. These identities are not necessarily static, as many individuals traverse categories in a culturally specific progression that I describe. I propose that coastal Ecuadorians utilize a structuring of sexualities and genders within the region that challenges Western LGBTQ+ labels. This research suggests a new regional depiction of non-conforming identities and their manifestations through language, shared strife, communal beliefs, and individual experience.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013733
Subject Headings: Ecuador, Sex, Gender identity
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Title: FROM INK TO SCREEN: GENDER AND RACE IN AGENT CARTER, JESSICA JONES, AND WYNONNA EARP.
Creator: DiBlasi, Samantha, Scodari, Christine, Florida Atlantic University, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: Throughout history, women in comics have played subordinate or lesser roles compared to males and were stereotyped. Today, representations have improved in comic-based tv shows. This thesis is answering three research questions: How does one define a “strong female character” within the comic-based and comic-styled genres, specifically in the TV shows Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, and Wynonna Earp? How does race/gender intersectionality affect the ways in which the non-white characters express...
Show moreThroughout history, women in comics have played subordinate or lesser roles compared to males and were stereotyped. Today, representations have improved in comic-based tv shows. This thesis is answering three research questions: How does one define a “strong female character” within the comic-based and comic-styled genres, specifically in the TV shows Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, and Wynonna Earp? How does race/gender intersectionality affect the ways in which the non-white characters express masculinity or femininity compared to the white characters? How do the videos made by fans of the three tv series define a “strong female character?” This study applies textual and participatory cultures analyses. It is interdisciplinary and uses theories from different areas. This research finds that Agent Carter, Jessica Jones, and Wynonna Earp simultaneously reinforce and challenge stereotypes such as emphasized femininity, hegemonic masculinity and the “Black Buck.” Future research might examine white stereotypes with the white heroines.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013676
Subject Headings: Comics, Gender, Race
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Title: GENDER AND ANALYSIS OF GARS-2 IN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN AND CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.
Creator: Gaudrée, Aerdin Amanda T., Jones, Nancy Aaron, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: The overall goal of the present study was to examine the data from several research studies to aid in understanding sex, ASD, and its subcomponents using the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale or GARS-2, an ASD diagnostics questionnaire, and to explore the relation between facial emotional recognition, sex, and ASD. We did not find a significant difference in the GARS-2 overall scores, nor was there a difference in the GARS-2 subscale scores when examining the scores of boys and girls (both ASD and...
Show moreThe overall goal of the present study was to examine the data from several research studies to aid in understanding sex, ASD, and its subcomponents using the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale or GARS-2, an ASD diagnostics questionnaire, and to explore the relation between facial emotional recognition, sex, and ASD. We did not find a significant difference in the GARS-2 overall scores, nor was there a difference in the GARS-2 subscale scores when examining the scores of boys and girls (both ASD and TD). Our findings suggest the GARS-2 is an excellent choice in diagnostic measures and does not appear to have a sex bias. That being said, research into ASD measures is much needed. This is a significant issue as such research does not consider the potential different symptomology of girls with ASD. The issue at the heart of this study is that for so long research on ASD has been limited to studying samples of boys with the disorder (Lundstrom et al., 2019).
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014118
Subject Headings: Autism, Children, Gender
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Title: “A Woman’s Place”: Myth, Body, and Nation in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
Creator: García, Madeline Elizabeth, Sim, Gerald, Miller, Andrea, Florida Atlantic University, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: This thesis investigates the role of myth in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Through an analysis of concepts such as the body and nation, I investigate the mythical underpinnings of gender, race, social reproduction, and capitalism in Gilead as well as the veritable history of oppression and imperialism in the United States that informs the Gileadean imaginary. I interrogate myth’s utility in creating nations and worlds, real or imagined, and the mechanisms of myth that make this possible. Using...
Show moreThis thesis investigates the role of myth in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Through an analysis of concepts such as the body and nation, I investigate the mythical underpinnings of gender, race, social reproduction, and capitalism in Gilead as well as the veritable history of oppression and imperialism in the United States that informs the Gileadean imaginary. I interrogate myth’s utility in creating nations and worlds, real or imagined, and the mechanisms of myth that make this possible. Using the works of authors such as Roland Barthes, Kalindi Vora, Achille Mbembe, and others, I read The Handmaid’s Tale series as a text that reveals how truth can be distorted by myth but can be demythologized to belie intention, historically contextualize, and inspire resistance. Written in the midst and wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this thesis is also a meditation on auto-ethnographic and textual resistance.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014111
Subject Headings: Women's studies, Gender Studies
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Title: Is there a universal history of sexuality?: a study of multiple gender societies.
Creator: Kennedy, Amanda, Kulb, Carolyn, Seidl, Jana, Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued: 2006-10
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11529
Subject Headings: Sex, Gender identity, Sex role
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: THE IMPACT OF GENDER ON THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EXPERIENCES OF FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTORS.
Creator: Cox, Tiffany, Brown, Susannah, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry, College of Education
Abstract/Description: This mixed methods study examines the lived experiences of six female high school band directors in the state of Florida as they related to the perceptions of the professional band association membership. This research focuses on how women and men perceive their experiences in relation to gender roles and gender-stereotyping in the traditionally masculine field of secondary instrumental music. A quantitative survey was distributed to the professional band association membership and 99...
Show moreThis mixed methods study examines the lived experiences of six female high school band directors in the state of Florida as they related to the perceptions of the professional band association membership. This research focuses on how women and men perceive their experiences in relation to gender roles and gender-stereotyping in the traditionally masculine field of secondary instrumental music. A quantitative survey was distributed to the professional band association membership and 99 responses were recorded. Participants answered questions regarding years of teaching experience, grade levels taught, primary instrument, and their thoughts on the impact of gender on several aspects of instrumental music education. The survey results revealed that women feel strongly about the impact that gender has on instrument selection, performance opportunities, and job opportunities while men remain largely neutral. Out of the 99 responses, 6 participants that met the criteria for the qualitative interview portion of the study were contacted to arrange interviews
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Date Issued: 2020
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013604
Subject Headings: Music education, Band directors, Gender
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: CHICKS IN BOWLS: Roller Skaters’ Gender Maneuvering in the Skatepark.
Creator: Thompson, Alessandra, Seeley, J. Lotus, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Sociology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: Gender is a primary frame used in social interaction. Using this primary frame guides our relations with another person or a group of people because it is a basic cultural tool that allows for the basic framing of who one is. Our gender ideologies, or our notions of gender, are shaped by varying other aspects of our identities and material realities. Gender strategies draw upon this to solve a specific problem (Hochschild 1989, Wade and Ferree 2019). The skatepark is a masculinist space,...
Show moreGender is a primary frame used in social interaction. Using this primary frame guides our relations with another person or a group of people because it is a basic cultural tool that allows for the basic framing of who one is. Our gender ideologies, or our notions of gender, are shaped by varying other aspects of our identities and material realities. Gender strategies draw upon this to solve a specific problem (Hochschild 1989, Wade and Ferree 2019). The skatepark is a masculinist space, overrun with men and boys who consider themselves the “kings of the park” (Pomerantz et al 2004). In the case of women who roller skate at the skatepark, they are subordinated, harassed both physically and sexually, as well as outright ignored by men inhabiting the park, which poses an additional safety hazard. To understand how women who roller skate solve these problems, I explore the following questions: How do women construct their identities in the skatepark and how does gender structure behavior in this space? What strategies do women employ in order to successfully navigate the masculinist skatepark as a feminized, and thus marginalized, roller skater? Women roller skaters’ gender strategies operate at three levels: individual, interactional, and group. I focus on three themes: First pariah femininity to claim space as women, which contrasts with emphatic sameness of skateboarder women. Second, defensive othering of “Ramp Tramps,” the girlfriends or onlookers whose passivity embodies emphasized femininity and who are rejected by the women roller skaters. Third, the creation of community as an alternative subculture in order to navigate their subordinate status within the park.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013969
Subject Headings: Gender, Skateboarding parks, Women skateboarders
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Does gender bias influence awards given by societies?.
Creator: Holmes, M. A., Asher, P., Farrington, J., Fine, R., Leinen, M. S., Leboy, P., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3340529, http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3340529
Subject Headings: Gender discrimination, Professional associations, Awards, Sex discrimination
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Precursors Of Sexualization: Perspectives of Mothers and Female Teachers Regarding the Influence of the Media on 4-Year-Old Girls’ Gender Identity Development.
Creator: Malhoyt-Lee, Jennifer M., Weber, Roberta K., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
Abstract/Description: The sexualization of girls is an ongoing issue that has garnered much attention in recent years, with one contributing factor, media, becoming an ever-increasing part of children’s lives. This study explored four questions: How do mothers and teachers perceive the media’s influence on young girls’ identity development? To what extent do these caregivers engage young girls in analyzing media messages? What observed behaviors of 4-year old girls indicate media’s influence? and What are...
Show moreThe sexualization of girls is an ongoing issue that has garnered much attention in recent years, with one contributing factor, media, becoming an ever-increasing part of children’s lives. This study explored four questions: How do mothers and teachers perceive the media’s influence on young girls’ identity development? To what extent do these caregivers engage young girls in analyzing media messages? What observed behaviors of 4-year old girls indicate media’s influence? and What are caregivers interpretations and responses to these behaviors? Analyzing the perceptions of mothers and female teachers of 4-year old girls contributes to a better understanding of how girls are influenced, both by caregivers’ actions and by media consumed. Twelve mothers and female early childhood teachers from three South Florida preschools were interviewed to better understand how girls are influenced by media, and to gain a more holistic perspective of the potential impact of media on young girls’ behaviors and their emerging understanding of what it means to be a girl today. The findings indicate that mothers and female teachers perceive media to be influential in the lives of girls, both in terms of general child development and young girls’ gender identity development. The participants are observing behaviors in their 4-year old girls that indicate media’s influence; these behaviors include sexualized dancing, attitude and language changes, and requests for sexualized clothing and beauty products. Although these mothers and teachers do not yet help girls analyze media messages, they do, however, engage in significant guidance as they interpret and respond to the observed behaviors. These findings reflect a need for media literacy education for parents and teachers, as well as comprehensive sexualization awareness and prevention education for children, parents, and teachers.
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Date Issued: 2018
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005957
Subject Headings: Gender identity, Girls, Early childhood education, Media
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: EFFECTS OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC HUMAN CAPITAL ON NEW VENTURE PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF GENDER.
Creator: Sherbondy, Sara, Castrogiovanni, Gary J., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management, College of Business
Abstract/Description: This study tests a model that draws on human capital theory to explain how individual characteristics of founding entrepreneurs influence performance of their new businesses. Using data from Project GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship), this research study assesses the direct effect of gender on new venture performance and the moderating role of gender on the relationship between general and specific human capital and new venture performance.
Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014059
Subject Headings: Human capital, New Ventures (Firm), Gender
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Title: WORDS MATTER: USE OF GENDER IDENTITY PRONOUNS IN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION.
Creator: Carlin, Patricia, Treviño, Len J., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management Programs, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Through this research, I provide quantitative evidence on the use of gender identity pronouns in business communication as it relates to sexual stigma theory and psychological safety theory in the workplace. This theoretically grounded, empirical investigation uncovers what impact, if any, psychological safety has on the use of gender identity pronouns in the workplace. My research measures the degree to which respondents feel psychologically safe enough to use their gender identity pronouns...
Show moreThrough this research, I provide quantitative evidence on the use of gender identity pronouns in business communication as it relates to sexual stigma theory and psychological safety theory in the workplace. This theoretically grounded, empirical investigation uncovers what impact, if any, psychological safety has on the use of gender identity pronouns in the workplace. My research measures the degree to which respondents feel psychologically safe enough to use their gender identity pronouns in a work context and which other factors (such as age cohort or the sociopolitical leanings of the company where they work) impact their decision to do so.
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Date Issued: 2024
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014369
Subject Headings: Business communication, Gender identity, Personnel management
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Title: Changes in components of children’s self-reported gender identity over time.
Creator: Jackson, Emily, Perry, David G., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: In past gender identity research, little attention has been paid to the determinants of the various dimensions of gender identity (felt pressure for gender differentiation, gender contentedness, and within-gender typicality). This study examined whether children’s self-perceptions and social behaviors influence changes in gender identity over time. One hundred and ninety-five fourth- through seventh-graders completed self-report and peer-report questionnaires during the fall and spring of a...
Show moreIn past gender identity research, little attention has been paid to the determinants of the various dimensions of gender identity (felt pressure for gender differentiation, gender contentedness, and within-gender typicality). This study examined whether children’s self-perceptions and social behaviors influence changes in gender identity over time. One hundred and ninety-five fourth- through seventh-graders completed self-report and peer-report questionnaires during the fall and spring of a school year. This study found that both felt pressure for gender differentiation and within-gender typicality are fluid, rather than stable, constructs during childhood. It also found that sex plays a significant role in not only which constructs influence gender identity, but which components of gender identity are influenced.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004027
Subject Headings: Gender identity -- Psychological aspects, Self perception in adolescence, Sex (Psychology)
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Title: The Gendered Rhetoric of Product Design: Why Are You Over Paying for Your Gender?.
Creator: McGinley, Shannon Rose, Mulvaney, Becky, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: This thesis identifies the price inconstancies between male and female consumer personal care products, such as razors and deodorants. Economic research suggests consumers purchase products based on their willingness to pay, which depends upon satisfaction granted from the product. If this is true, the question must be asked: what grants these consumers high satisfaction from product purchasing? To answer this question, this thesis investigates the rhetorical effect that stems from product...
Show moreThis thesis identifies the price inconstancies between male and female consumer personal care products, such as razors and deodorants. Economic research suggests consumers purchase products based on their willingness to pay, which depends upon satisfaction granted from the product. If this is true, the question must be asked: what grants these consumers high satisfaction from product purchasing? To answer this question, this thesis investigates the rhetorical effect that stems from product design. Using a rhetorical criticism technique, I analyze how product design allows consumers to project their gender identity. I assert that consumers are interpellated to choose products based on their gender. Once this interpellation takes place, a constitutive rhetoric formed by the product’s design already assumes the consumer’s wants by embedding masculine or feminine ideologies. The analysis shows product design perpetuates clear gender dichotomy and fortifies the belief of gender binaries.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013239
Subject Headings: Consumer goods--Prices, Product design, Gender identity
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Strap-on the Armor of God: Queer Christian Subjectivity and Struggle Against Power in Evangelical Christian Universities.
Creator: Hudnall, Andrew, Barrios, Barclay, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines the way several evangelical Christian universities (and evangelicalism more broadly) speak about and conceive of sexuality and gender in order to consider implications for their students. It argues that these universities consider nonheterosexual, non-cisgendered identities to be incompatibile with Christian identity and, consequently, grounds for denial of subjectivity. It analyzes the language of student handbooks and the universities’ rhetorical self-positionings and...
Show moreThis thesis examines the way several evangelical Christian universities (and evangelicalism more broadly) speak about and conceive of sexuality and gender in order to consider implications for their students. It argues that these universities consider nonheterosexual, non-cisgendered identities to be incompatibile with Christian identity and, consequently, grounds for denial of subjectivity. It analyzes the language of student handbooks and the universities’ rhetorical self-positionings and stagings necessary to maintain authority while engaging and exploring the lived experiences of several queeridentifying alumni—each of whom express feelings of “dehumanization” and cognitive dissonance. Finally, it considers how those subjected to messages of incompatible identities reconcile claiming both Christian and queer identities simultaneously.
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Date Issued: 2020
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013472
Subject Headings: Evangelicalism, Christian universities and colleges, Gender identity, Sexuality
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Title: Gender identity effects on school outcomes.
Creator: Sharif, Medeia., Florida Atlantic University, Perry, Louise C.
Abstract/Description: Children's (Grades 4--8) gender identity was examined as a predictor of academic self-concept, achievement, attitudes, and conduct. Three gender identity components were assessed: (a) feelings of being typical of one's gender, (b) feeling content with one's gender assignment, and (c) feeling pressured to conform to one's gender. It was expected that gender typicality and contentedness would be positive influences, whereas felt pressure would be a negative influence. Results were partially...
Show moreChildren's (Grades 4--8) gender identity was examined as a predictor of academic self-concept, achievement, attitudes, and conduct. Three gender identity components were assessed: (a) feelings of being typical of one's gender, (b) feeling content with one's gender assignment, and (c) feeling pressured to conform to one's gender. It was expected that gender typicality and contentedness would be positive influences, whereas felt pressure would be a negative influence. Results were partially supportive, but showed that relationships varied substantially with child gender and the gender-normative relevance of a given academic domain (math vs. English). It was concluded that gender identity factors have importance not only for children's personal/social adjustment but also for their academic outcomes.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12859
Subject Headings: Gender identity, Identity (Psychology) in children, Academic achievement
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Title: Another look at gender identity in preadolescence.
Creator: Perle, Jonathan., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: This thesis examined relations of multiple dimensions of gender identity same gender typicality, other-gender typicality, gender contentedness, gender oppression, felt pressure to conform, and gender centrality) to children's adjustment (global self-worth, narcissism, depression, internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and prosocial behaviors. Participants were 237 fourth through eighth graders (108 males, 129 females; M[underscore] age = 11 years, 4 months). Each measure of gender...
Show moreThis thesis examined relations of multiple dimensions of gender identity same gender typicality, other-gender typicality, gender contentedness, gender oppression, felt pressure to conform, and gender centrality) to children's adjustment (global self-worth, narcissism, depression, internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and prosocial behaviors. Participants were 237 fourth through eighth graders (108 males, 129 females; M[underscore] age = 11 years, 4 months). Each measure of gender identity related to children's adjustment in a unique way. Findings also showed gender centrality to moderate relations of other gender identity variables to adjustment, suggesting that how central gender is to a child influences the impact of other gender self-appraisals on the child's development and adjustment.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/58008
Subject Headings: Identity (Psychology) in adolescence, Gender identity, Sex differences (Psychology), Self-esteem in adolescence
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Title: Gender self-discrepancies in middle childhood: influences on children’s personal and social adjustment.
Creator: Cooper, Patrick J., Perry, David G., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: A self-discrepancy is a cognitive incompatibility between a conception of the desired self and the perception of the actual self (Higgins, 1987; Rogers & Dymond, 1954). The purpose of this dissertation is to gain a better understanding of the effects of gender self-discrepancies on the personal and social adjustment of preadolescent children. I propose that gender-related stereotypes and self-appraisals can be examined within a self-discrepancy framework. Preadolescent children (N=195)...
Show moreA self-discrepancy is a cognitive incompatibility between a conception of the desired self and the perception of the actual self (Higgins, 1987; Rogers & Dymond, 1954). The purpose of this dissertation is to gain a better understanding of the effects of gender self-discrepancies on the personal and social adjustment of preadolescent children. I propose that gender-related stereotypes and self-appraisals can be examined within a self-discrepancy framework. Preadolescent children (N=195) completed a variety of self- and peer-report questionnaires in the fall and spring of the school year. Children reported gender stereotypes and self-appraisals for four attributes (body image, athletics, dominance, and popularity). Measures of gender identity and of adjustment were also collected. Results suggested that children who possess a gender self discrepancy are at risk for maladjustment, especially internalizing difficulties and victimization by both girls and boys.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004187, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004187
Subject Headings: Adjustment (Psychology) in children, Gender identity, Identity (Psychology) in adolescence, Self actualization (Psychology), Sex differences (Psychology)
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Title: GENDER-BENDING GENRES: QUEERNESS, FEMALE MASCULINITY, AND WARRIORSHIP IN C.L. MOORE’S JIREL OF JOIRY.
Creator: Toland, Jacqueline, MacDonald, Ian P., Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: The aim of this thesis is to examine the trailblazing work of C.L. Moore’s Jirel of Joiry in light of themes of queerness, gender, and female masculinity, which has seldom been analyzed. In this thesis, I will juxtapose Moore’s work with other contemporaries like Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Éowyn to highlight Moore’s trailblazing gendered portrayal. This thesis utilizes Judith Butler’s Undoing Gender and Jack Halberstam’s Female Masculinity as lenses to codify...
Show moreThe aim of this thesis is to examine the trailblazing work of C.L. Moore’s Jirel of Joiry in light of themes of queerness, gender, and female masculinity, which has seldom been analyzed. In this thesis, I will juxtapose Moore’s work with other contemporaries like Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Éowyn to highlight Moore’s trailblazing gendered portrayal. This thesis utilizes Judith Butler’s Undoing Gender and Jack Halberstam’s Female Masculinity as lenses to codify the uniquely gendered portrayal that Moore has left for us to interpret. Furthermore, through examining Jacques Lacan’s interpretation of phallocentricity, this thesis will argue that the art of being a warrior (or warriorship) should be a non-binary conception.
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Date Issued: 2020
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013575
Subject Headings: Moore, C L, Gender & genre in literature, Fiction--Criticism and interpretation
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