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Stereotypes and parenting status
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Stereotypes and parenting status
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a comparison of parents and the childless-by-choice
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Ciaccio
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Vincent
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1977-
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Vincent Ciaccio
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Ricahrd J
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Ricahrd J Contrada
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chair
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Jussim
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Lee
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Lee Jussim
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internal member
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Wilder
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David
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David Wilder
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Springer
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Kristen
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Kristen Springer
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2015
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2015-10
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2015
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eng
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Academic research on parenting status stereotypes has not focused on the childlessby- choice. Two main purposes of my dissertation were to determine the descriptive stereotypes of the childless-by-choice and to probe the possible ramifications of these stereotypes for social perceptions in an employment context. The first purpose was addressed in two studies, one using a free response method, and one using rating scales. Free response results suggested that stereotypes of parents were communal in nature, while stereotypes of the childless-by-choice were agentic. Rating scale results were similar, as mothers were stereotyped as possessing higher levels of female prescriptive traits compared to childless-by-choice women, and parents were perceived as warmer than the childless-by-choice. Furthermore, childless-by-choice women scored higher than mothers in terms of being independent and non-communal, while fathers scored higher than childless-by-choice men on family orientation. To address my second purpose, participants read a vignette depicting a female (Study 3) or male (Study 4) target person who was either childless, childless-by-choice, or a parent, and employed as either a teacher or business consultant. Participants rated targets on attributes drawn from Study 2 and items reflecting prejudice and discriminatory intentions. Results suggested occupation stereotypes superseded certain parental status stereotypes. Furthermore, whereas parents were liked more than the childless-by-choice, parenting status groups did not differ on measures of respect, value as an employee, or deserved salary. The four studies are discussed in terms of theoretical and practical implications of stereotypes associated with parenting status.
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Psychology
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (xii, 177 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Parenthood
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Childlessness
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by Vincent Ciaccio
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD doctoral
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Ciaccio
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Vincent
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2015-09-14 16:07:14
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Vincent Ciaccio
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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