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Social Support, Self-Efficacy, And Academic Outcomes In College Students, Kasey Phelps
Social Support, Self-Efficacy, And Academic Outcomes In College Students, Kasey Phelps
Undergraduate Theses
When entering higher education, young adults are presented with a multitude of choice. Choosing a major, let alone a career, is a daunting task. In this thesis, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers are the focus. Why is it that, in modern day, there are still great disparities among women and sexual minorities within STEM? Women and sexual minorities have the interest; the issue lies within social support, as well as assumed gender roles. This thesis explores how differing measures of gender (in order to capture a participant's gender identity and gender expression) are vital to understanding more of …