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Sexist Discrimination and Gender Microaggressions: An Exploration of Current Conceptualizations of Women's Experiences of Sexism

Judson, Stephanie Suzanne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1404865988

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Counseling Psychology.
Women experience various forms of sexist discrimination and these experiences are linked to negative impacts at individual, institutional, and societal levels. Attempts to measure the types and frequencies of sexist experiences vary dependent on the literature base from which a researcher bases their conceptualization of sexist discrimination. Within counseling psychology literature, the construct of microaggressions has garnered mixed attention regarding its utility as a conceptualization to measure oppressive experiences, particularly regarding the concept of gender microaggressions. In order to determine if existing constructs of sexist discrimination overlap to a notable extent with the nascent concept of gender microaggressions, a sample of 957 women completed self-report measures of several constructs of sexist discrimination (i.e., Sexist Discrimination, Everyday Sexism, Gender Harassment, and Gender Microaggressions) along with participants’ beliefs of modern sexism and participants’ level of psychological distress. Factor analyses were conducted to determine factor structures for the measures of sexist discrimination and a priori hypothesized overlaps were tested. In contrast to the predicted hypothesis, no factors within the construct of Gender Microaggressions overlapped with factors in other sexist discrimination measures to an extent deemed redundant. The ability to measure potential overlaps across measures was hampered by measurement issues within the Gender Microaggression measure. The results provide evidence that most women experience sexism, sexism can be experienced in a number of different ways, and that no one existing measure covers all of these experiences, but that most measures contain similar item content based on the pervasive nature of several types of experiences (i.e., name calling, objectification). Overall, these findings suggest that most conceptualizations of sexism share common themes and due to the negative impact on mental health, more holistic constructs that measure sexist discrimination more broadly would be beneficial to future research.
Dawn Johnson, Dr. (Advisor)
Kathryn Feltey, Dr. (Committee Member)
Suzette Speight, Dr. (Committee Member)
Janice Yoder, Dr. (Committee Member)
John Queener, Dr. (Committee Member)
212 p.
Counseling Psychology; Gender; Psychology
sexism; sexist discrimination; microaggressions; perceived sexist discrimination

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  • Judson, S. S. (2014). Sexist Discrimination and Gender Microaggressions: An Exploration of Current Conceptualizations of Women's Experiences of Sexism [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1404865988

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Judson, Stephanie. Sexist Discrimination and Gender Microaggressions: An Exploration of Current Conceptualizations of Women's Experiences of Sexism . 2014. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1404865988.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Judson, Stephanie. "Sexist Discrimination and Gender Microaggressions: An Exploration of Current Conceptualizations of Women's Experiences of Sexism ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1404865988

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