For the purpose to examine the career barrier of academically talented female students, this study used the structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the influence and structure of parental attachment, gender roles, self-esteem.
Participants were...
For the purpose to examine the career barrier of academically talented female students, this study used the structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the influence and structure of parental attachment, gender roles, self-esteem.
Participants were 505 talented female students in Seoul and kungkido. The data were analyzed with Person's correlation and structural equation modeling by AMOS 5.0 program.
The results of the study are as follow:
1. There were significant correlations between career barrier, parental attachment, gender roles, self-esteem. Parental attachment, gender roles, and self-esteem were positively related each other. However, career barrier were negatively related to parental attachment, gender roles, and self-esteem.
2. The study of the structural model in parental attachment, gender roles, self-esteem, and career barrier supported the cross sex parental attachment is more powerful influence than homo sex parental attachment. Besides, Among androgyny gender role model and masculinity gender role model on self-esteem, androgyny gender role model accounted for self-esteem better than Masculinity.
In conclusion, the attachment to father can positively influence on major variances such as gender roles, self-esteem, and career barrier related career development of talented female students. It was also suggested that both masculinity and feminity were important factors to increase the self-esteem and as a result, elevated self-esteem lowered perception of career barrier.