Self Concept as a Predictor of Role Strain in Nontraditional Female Students : Integration and Compartmentalization in Multiple Role Women

Author

Pamela Trantham, Fort Hays State University

Department

Psychology

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

As more women become college students in addition to being parents, spouses, and employees, it becomes more necessary to identify predicators of multiple role strain. Seventy university students form two mid-western campuses were administered a measure of self esteem, a measure of occupational stress including role overload, and a measure to identify the ways in which they organize their sense of self. No significant differences were found between traditional and nontraditional students in measures of multiple role strain. Whether students organize their sense of shelf in a compartmentalized or integrated style was a significant predictor of the degree of social support they reported. Self esteem and the percentage of negative descriptor that students used about themselves were the only significant predictors of multiple role strain in college students.

Advisor

Janett Naylor

Date of Award

Spring 2008

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/RRBP5285

Recommended Citation

Trantham, Pamela, "Self Concept as a Predictor of Role Strain in Nontraditional Female Students : Integration and Compartmentalization in Multiple Role Women" (2008). Master's Theses. 3084.
DOI: 10.58809/RRBP5285
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/3084

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