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How women's calling for science careers relates to psychological predictors of persistence in science

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dc.contributor.authorReed, Kaitlyn A., author
dc.contributor.authorDik, Bryan J., advisor
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Kim, committee member
dc.contributor.authorBloodhart, Brittany, committee member
dc.contributor.authorChavez, Ernest, committee member
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Emily, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-07T17:19:02Z
dc.date.available2020-01-03T17:19:23Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractSociety is lacking numbers and diversity of trained scientists to address important key problems. Undergraduate women have been identified as a group that leaves the science-career pipeline at high rates (NSF, 2015), though researchers have highlighted science self-efficacy, identity, values, and intentions, as critical predictors of their persistence (Estrada et al., 2011). The current study proposes and investigates a new predictor of women's persistence in science: perceiving a calling as a scientist. Perceiving a calling predicts career development tasks and outcomes that are similar to known predictors of women's persistence in science (Hirschi, 2012). The present study explores if and how calling as a scientist relates to undergraduate women's science self-efficacy, identity as a scientist, interest in science, scientific community values, and intentions to pursue science. Bivariate correlations suggest perceiving a calling as a scientist is positively related to undergraduate women's science self-efficacy, identity as a scientist, prosocial values of the scientific community, and intentions to pursue science. Using Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) as a framework, the hypothesis that the relationship between perceiving a calling as a scientist and intentions to pursue science is mediated by science self-efficacy and science identity (respectively) was supported. Explanations and implications of all investigated relationships are discussed. This study establishes calling as a new predictor, and SCCT as useful framework, for continued investigation of women's persistence in science.
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dc.identifierReed_colostate_0053N_14924.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/193083
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectidentity
dc.subjectsocial cognitive career theory
dc.subjectwomen in STEM careers
dc.subjectself-efficacy
dc.subjectcalling
dc.subjectvalues
dc.titleHow women's calling for science careers relates to psychological predictors of persistence in science
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thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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