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SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION, GENDER ROLE ATTITUDES, AND
ACCULTURATION AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
IN ASIAN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AMERICAN WOMEN
by
Anne D.H. Kim
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
EDUCATION (COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY)
December 2008
Copyright 2008 Anne D.H. Kim
Object Description
| Title | Sex-role orientation, gender role attitudes, and acculturation as predictors of psychological well-being |
| Author | Kim, Anne D.H. |
| Author email | annekim@usc.edu; limnelso@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Counseling Psychology) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-10-13 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-12-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Chung, Ruth |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Goodyear, Rodney Knight, Bob |
| Abstract | Under the framework of the masculinity model and Gender Schema theory, this study examined gender and culture variables in relation to the psychological well-being of Asian American women. Specifically, sex-role orientation, gender role attitudes, and acculturation were predicted to influence the level of depression and self-esteem. The study further investigated possible mediating effects of masculine sex-role orientation on the relationship between acculturation and psychological well-being. Additionally, group differences in sex-role orientation, gender role attitudes and psychological well-being were explored among Asian American and European American women. Participants included 176 Asian American and 118 European American women who were recruited to complete an online survey via listservs, websites, and web mailings. The survey consisted of demographic information, The Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), The Attitudes Toward Women Scale (ATWS), The Asian American Multidimensional Acculturation Scale (AAMAS), The Asian Values Scale (AVS), The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Results supported the Masculinity model and Gender Schema theory in that masculine sex-role orientation was able to predict self-esteem and Asian American women espoused masculine sex-role orientation and egalitarian gender role attitudes significantly less than European American women. Acculturation was also found to predict psychological well-being, while gender role attitudes failed to demonstrate any relationship. The study further demonstrated that masculine sex-role orientation was a significant partial mediator between behavioral acculturation to European culture and self-esteem. The results however provided no support for racial group differences in psychological functioning. Implications for theory, research, and practice were discussed. |
| Keyword | sex-role orientation; gender role attitudes; acculturation; psychological well-being; depression; self-esteem; Asian-American women |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1927 |
| Rights | Kim, Anne D.H. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Kim-2538 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Kim-2538.pdf |
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| Full text | SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION, GENDER ROLE ATTITUDES, AND ACCULTURATION AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN ASIAN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AMERICAN WOMEN by Anne D.H. Kim ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION (COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY) December 2008 Copyright 2008 Anne D.H. Kim |
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