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dc.creatorCoyle, Emily Fay
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-22T19:08:04Z
dc.date.created2010
dc.identifierWLURG38_Coyle_PSYC_2010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/16290
dc.descriptionThesis; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.descriptionEmily Fay Coyle is a member of the Class of 2010 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.description.abstractGirls (N = 26, mean age = 4.38 years) were interviewed using Barbies dressed in gender traditional and nontraditional career outfits about their identification with the dolls and girls' own aspirations and self-efficacy to assess possible self content and the effects of exposure to a counterstereotypic model. Girls identified more often with the dolls in gender traditional career outfits but spoke about identification predominantly in terms of similarity of hair. The majority White sample identified with White dolls more frequently than Black dolls although nonwhite participants reasoned "likeness" to dolls based on skin more frequently than did White participants. Following exposure to the counterstereotypic dolls with gender nontraditional careers, girls affirmed being able to engage in a greater proportion of gender nontraditional careers as an adult than before exposure to these dolls. These results imply that toys themselves may constitute models for children, either constraining or expanding possible selves.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityEmily F. Coyle
dc.format.extent52 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Honors in Psychologyen_US
dc.titleBarbie as a Model of Gender Nontraditional Career Possible Self Content for Preschool and Kindergarten Girls (thesis)en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.isPartOfRG38 - Student Papers
dc.rights.holderCoyle, Emily Fay
dc.subject.fastSex role in childrenen_US
dc.subject.fastUnited Statesen_US
dc.subject.fastIdentity (Psychology) in childrenen_US
dc.subject.fastBarbie dolls -- Social aspectsen_US
local.departmentPsychologyen_US
local.scholarshiptypeHonors Thesisen_US


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