Conventional Sex Differences in Personality: Does Sex or Verbal Ability Level Account for More Variance?

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 931-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Potts ◽  
Walter T. Plant ◽  
Mara L. Southern
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Ability Level ◽  
Ability Levels ◽  
Attitude Measures ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Subjects were 106 students categorized into four groups on the basis of their sex and verbal ability: very bright men ( n = 23), very bright women ( n = 30), below average men ( n = 23) and below average women ( n = 30). Scores were also obtained from five scales of the California Psychological Inventory and the Attitudes Toward Women Scale. Six, 2(sex) × 2(ability levels) fixed effects factorial analyses of variance were computed yielding 12 F ratios. Estimates of ω2 were also computed for each significant F ratio. Four ω2 estimates of .02 to .11 were obtained for the independent variable of sex whereas five ω2 of .03 to .26 were obtained for the independent variable of ability level. In that four of the values of ω2 for ability were greater than any for the variable of sex, it was concluded that verbal ability better accounts for more variance in the personality-attitude measures used than does sex of subjects.

Personality Traits and Curricular Choices of Undergraduate Women in Home Economics

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-586
Author(s):  
Byron W. Lindholm ◽  
John Touliatos
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
Single Type ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Person Environment Fit ◽  
Curricular Choices ◽  
Psychological Inventory

296 undergraduate women in home economics were administered a biodata questionnaire, the Attitudes Toward Women Scale-Short Form, and the California Psychological Inventory to determine whether there is a single “type” of home-economics major or whether students in various specializations in home economics differ from one another. Analysis indicated that majors varied on attitudes toward women's roles, two California Psychological Inventory factors (general adjustment and good impression; extraversion and social confidence or poise), and grades. Results can be interpreted in terms of theories of career choice which emphasize person-environment fit, implementation of self-concept, and other personality characteristics including gender-role attitudes.

Common Structure Dimensions of the American College Testing Program Academic Test and the California Psychological Inventory

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-498
Author(s):  
Hugh McGinley ◽  
Ruth Ann Van Vranken
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Ability ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Testing Program ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
Common Structure ◽  
American College Testing ◽  
Interpersonal Warmth ◽  
Psychological Inventory ◽  
Academic Test

Factor and canonical correlation analyses were used to investigate possible relationships between achievement and personality variables. Data were obtained from the American College Testing Program Academic Test and the California Psychological Inventory profiles of 125 university students. The analyses indicated two common dimensions underlying the two sets of data. The first dimension included potential for achievement and positive interpersonal and intrapersonal characteristics. The second dimension included low interest in science, high verbal ability, and interpersonal warmth.

scholarly journals Women’s Attrition from Male-Dominated Workplaces in Norway: The Importance of Numerical Minority Status, Motherhood and Class

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110042
Author(s):  
Aleksander Å Madsen ◽  
Idunn Brekke ◽  
Silje Bringsrud Fekjær
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Occupational Class ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Fixed Effects Models ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Working Class Women

This study explores women’s attrition from male-dominated workplaces based on Norwegian public administrative records, covering individuals born 1945–1983, in the period between 2003 and 2013. It examines sex differences in rates of attrition and tests the significance of two commonly proposed explanations in the literature, namely the degree of numerical minority status and motherhood. It also investigates whether these explanations vary by occupational class. Selection into male-dominated workplaces is accounted for by using individual fixed effects models. The results show that attrition rates from male-dominated workplaces are considerably higher among women than among men. Moreover, the risk of female attrition to sex-balanced workplaces increases, regardless of occupational class, with increases in the percentage of males. Childbirth is associated with an increased risk of attrition to female-dominated workplaces, while having young children (⩽ 10 years old) lowered the risk. This association, however, was primarily evident among working-class women in manual occupations.

Changes in Scores on California Psychological Inventory among Seminarians: What Happened to the Class of ′68?

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
William T. Query
Keyword(s):  
Grade Point Averages ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Psychological Inventory

To test the hypothesis that ministers' family milieu fosters mixed masculine-feminine traits, a 10-yr. follow-up study was conducted where seminarians were retested with the California Psychological Inventory. Among the seminarians, 28 were ordained and 6 were not. Support was obtained for the hypothesis. Grade point averages were significantly higher among the ordained. This study is restricted to Catholic seminarians; making a good impression became important after ordination, not before; three scales which were significant among Protestant seminarians in previous research were not found in this study, suggesting dissimilarity among denominations.

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