The present study examined the relative salience of life roles of female college seniors who have chosen nontraditional and traditional academic majors. Three dependent variables were identified to measure characteristics on which the groups were expected to differ. These are (1) participation, (2) commitment, and (3) value expectations. These variables were measured against five separate life roles: (1) student, (2) worker, (3) home and family, (4) citizen, and (5) leisurite. In addition, the study assessed the level of career certainty, vocational identity, and congruence between academic major and anticipated career choice. / A nonrandom sample of 148 undergraduate college women was employed in the study. Volunteers completed the Salience Inventory (Nevill & Super, 1986), the Vocational Identity Scale of the My Vocational Situation (Holland, Daiger, & Power, 1980), the Occupational Alternatives Question (Slaney, 1978), and a demographic data form. / A multivariate analysis of variance procedure was used to examine group differences on measures of participation, commitment, and value expectations of the five life roles. The MANOVA did not yield any significant differences between groups regarding role salience. Group differences on career certainty, vocational identity, and occupational congruence were examined by t-test. While no difference was found in career certainty, differences were found in vocational identity (t = 3.66, p =.000) and occupational congruence (t = 4.00, p =.000). While the data suggested differences between groups on (VI), the importance was limited because both groups scored in the high range. The author also concluded that methodological shortcomings rendered the results on congruence invalid. Results are discussed and implications for future research are recommended. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-03, Section: A, page: 1024. / Major Professor: F. Donald Kelly. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78197 |
| Contributors | Marin, Richard B., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 183 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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