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Care Leavers Into Parenthood: Support Needs and Effective Practice Approaches Through Transitions From Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is significant local and international evidence to show that young people transitioning from care have children by age 21 at far higher rates than the general youth population. Intergenerational child protection involvement is also far higher for this group.
Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Stereotypes

open access: yesAnnual Review of Psychology, 2018
There are many differences between men and women. To some extent, these are captured in the stereotypical images of these groups. Stereotypes about the way men and women think and behave are widely shared, suggesting a kernel of truth. However, stereotypical expectations not only reflect existing differences, but also impact the way men and women ...
openaire   +4 more sources

The Gender Harassment Experiences of Women Who Play, Coach, Officiate and Manage Sport in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sport remains a male‐dominated industry despite increasing numbers of women participating and working in a variety roles and contexts. In many sports, women report negative experiences and face gendered challenges as elite players, community players, coaches and referees.
Samantha Marshall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Philanthropy and Indigenous Initiatives: Insights From Australian Donors

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on a survey and interview data, collected from a group of 180 donors who made monetary gifts to an Australian higher education institution, to better understand what drives individuals and organisations to donate to Indigenous initiatives.
Celina McEwen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing aging stereotypes: Personal stereotypes, self-stereotypes and self-perception of aging

open access: yesPsicothema, 2017
There is a broad semantic network of aging stereotypes; where different concepts and their measurement are confused: personal stereotypes, self-stereotypes and self-perception of aging.First, we analyze the translated version of the Image of Aging Scale (IAS) measurement model through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, with two ...
Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío   +6 more
openaire   +5 more sources

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Perspective on Ageism and Modernization Theory

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2019
Modernization theory has often been used to explain country differences in levels of ageism. The commentary at hand questions its usefulness in the analysis of ageism today for two reasons.
Wouter De Tavernier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking individual variation in facial musculature to facial behavior in rhesus macaques

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Facial expression is a key component of primate communication, and primates (including humans) have a complex system of facial musculature underpinning this behavior. Human facial musculature is highly variable across individuals, but to date, whether other primate species exhibit a similar level of inter‐individual variation is unknown ...
Clare M. Kimock   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in motivation for biology learning: A measurement invariance testing and latent mean comparison approach

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Educational and psychological research often involves comparing motivation across groups. It is critical to ensure that observed differences in motivation are true variations by group, not due to measurement biases. With a diverse sample of undergraduate students (N = 2200), this study measured internal consistency and gathered validity ...
Ting Dai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

LINGUISTIC STEREOTYPE vs. GENDER STEREOTYPE

open access: yes, 2020
Faptul că societatea românească valorizează mai mult trăsăturile asociate masculinităţii, manifestând atitudini puternic flancate de stereotipuri şi prejudecăţi referitoare la gen, credinţe legate de diferenţele de gen, poate fi cu ușurință justificat de stereotipuri lingvistice ndash; expresii aparținând discursului repetat ndash; proverbe, zicători ...
openaire   +3 more sources

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