Keywords
Self esteem, Sex role, Women psychology, Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, Feminism II Scale, Anti-feminist speech, Family self-concept subscale, Persuasive message effects on self-esteem
Abstract
Three groups of women from undergraduate psychology classes at the University of Central Florida were exposed to an experimental treatment which consisted of either a feminist, anti-feminist or a sex-role neutral speech. All subjects were administered the Feminism II Scale prior to the treatment, and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale both prior to and immediately following the treatment conditions. No posttest differences in total self-esteem scores were noted among the treatment conditions. The anti-feminist treatment sample did have significantly lower scores on the family self subscale of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale than either the feminist or control groups. Additionally, there were no significant posttest self-esteem differences between subjects scoring high versus low on the Feminism II Scale. A test for homogeneity of variance revealed significant treatment effects on the overall variability of the self-esteem change scores among the three treatment groups. Implications for the psychotherapeutic situation are discussed.
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Graduation Date
Fall 1979
Advisor
Guest, Sandra S.
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Social Sciences
Degree Program
Psychology
Format
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94 pages
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
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None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0013421
Subjects
Self esteem; Sex role; Women -- Psychology; Feminism--Psychological aspects; Self-esteem--Research; Women college students--Attitudes--Testing; Feminists--Attitudes; Women--Psychology--Research
STARS Citation
Spurge, Addis Eugenia, "The Effect of Feminist and Anti-Feminist Speeches on Feminist and Nonfeminist Women's Self-Esteem" (1979). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 448.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/448
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