Work-family Commitment And Attitudes Toward Feminism In Medical Students

Work-family Commitment And Attitudes Toward Feminism In Medical Students

Hartung P J; Rogers J R

Career Development Quarterly

2000

2000-03

The authors examine work-family commitment and attitudes toward feminism in a cross-sectional, medical student sample (126 women, 145 men). Results indicated no significant gender differences in commitment levels. Third-year students reported significantly more family commitment than did students in lower years. Women reported significantly more positive attitudes toward feminism than did men. Future research should examine commitment to work and family roles relative to participation in work and family roles and whether medical students have more conservative attitudes toward feminism than do other groups. Reframing multiple role commitments as an opportunity for role integration may help clients identify how work and family can be mutually enhancing and growth-producing rather than conflictual.

career choice; causal model; conflict; gender; high-school-students; maturity; men; Psychology; role salience; values; women

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