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Duffy Connolly, Ella Jay (2025) Exploring Demographic Factors, Ambivalent Sexism and Psychological Well-being in an Irish Context. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.
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This study investigated how demographic variables (age, gender, education levels and perceived socioeconomic status (SES)) predicted benevolent and hostile sexism and how each sexism influenced various aspects of psychological well-being (autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life and self-acceptance) in a contemporary Irish context. This quantitative, cross-sectional study used convenience sampling and recruited 101 participants through social media platforms (female: n = 72, male: n = 27), aged 18–63 (M = 33.5, SD = 14.86). Education levels ranged from secondary school to postgraduate degree and perceived SES ranged from 1 to 9 (M = 6.11, SD = 1.43), on a 1-10 scale. Participants completed a questionnaire, including demographic questions, Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. Regression analyses were conducted to investigate these relationships and the results showed that age, gender and perceived SES were statistically significant predictors of benevolent sexism, while only gender was for hostile sexism. Neither form of sexism significantly predicted any aspect of psychological well-being. These findings could contribute to the development of targeted interventions to reduce sexism in at-risk groups. Further research is needed to explore cultural and external influences on these relationships.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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| Supervisors: | Name Email Farrell, Lynn UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Discrimination H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Gender R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental Health |
| Divisions: | School of Business > BA (Honours) in Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Ciara O'Brien |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2025 14:42 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2025 14:42 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8890 |
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