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1987

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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The Well-Being Of Working Family Women: Demands And Rewards, Social Support And Coping With Interrole Stress, Dianne Sheila Leader Aug 1987

The Well-Being Of Working Family Women: Demands And Rewards, Social Support And Coping With Interrole Stress, Dianne Sheila Leader

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between the lifestyle of working family women and their well-being. Previous research had indicated that role conflict between home and work roles was common, and that it could have adverse effects on personal outcomes. One objective of the inquiry was to test previously proposed relationships between home and work demands, interrole stress and well-being. Another aim of the study was to explore the effects of including positive resources (coping behavior, social support and personal rewards) together with demands and interrole stress in examining the well-being of working family women. A conceptual framework was developed based …


Loevinger's Ego Development Scale In Well Functioning College Students, Joyce Marie Cartor Aug 1987

Loevinger's Ego Development Scale In Well Functioning College Students, Joyce Marie Cartor

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the existence of different character styles among intellectually gifted people. Two groups of students at the University of Tennessee, Honors students in Physics and Chemistry and students in the College Scholars program, were studied in order to demonstrate that the difference in personality dynamics among intellectually gifted individuals goes beyond 1Q level. Loevinger's Washington University Sentence Completion Test of ego development was used as a measure of overall character style. The Rorschach was administered to glean further information about the personalities of the participants, and to investigate the nature of its …