Hagen, Mykaela The Effect of Diversity Courses on Women’s Identity Salience and Sense of Belonging. 2021. Radford University, Thesis. Radford University Scholars' Repository.
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Abstract
The current study examined the effect that women-centered diversity courses (e.g. Women in the World) have on the sense of belonging, identity salience, and sexism of students compared to non-diversity courses (e.g. Psychopharmacology). Specifically, the current study tested whether women felt higher belonging and identity salience after taking a women-centered diversity course and whether or not taking a women-centered diversity course can lower students’ prejudice against women. A survey including measures of belonging, identity salience, and sexism levels were given to students in women-centered diversity courses and non-diversity courses at the beginning and end of the semester. Results showed that women actually decreased in belonging over the span of the semester, instead of increasing as hypothesized. Women and men did not differ in belonging and identity salience from the beginning of the semester to the end, however women had overall higher levels of identity salience compared to men. Additionally, no support was found to say that women-centered diversity courses cause a decrease in prejudicial attitudes toward women. The semester that data was collected courses were held in a variety of formats – including online and switching to online - which could have led to the belonging effect.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Radford University > College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences > Department of Psychology |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2021 01:25 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2023 18:08 |
| URI: | http://wagner.radford.edu/id/eprint/694 |
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