Career Barriers of College Women across Racial/Ethnic Groups: Examination of The Perception of Barriers Scale

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Brien, Karen M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKim, Young Hwaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-02T05:31:33Z
dc.date.available2018-10-02T05:31:33Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to examine the factor structure, measurement invariance, and psychometric properties of a commonly used measure of perceived career barriers (The Perception of Barriers Scale; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001) with a sample of racially diverse college women. The results supported a nine-factor structure of the Perception of Barriers Scale indicating different sources of barriers. In general, configural, metric, and scalar invariance of the Perception of Barriers subscales were found across Asian American, African American, Latina American, and White American college women for the nine-factor structure. All three groups of women of color reported higher career barriers due to racial discrimination, higher educational barriers due to finances concerns, and higher educational barriers due to lack of confidence and skills than White women. The results also demonstrated the potential difference in salient barriers across Asian American, African American, and Latina American women. The reliability estimates were satisfactory and construct validity was supported by negative associations among the scores on several Perception of Barriers subscales and a career-self-efficacy measure. The findings suggested that college women experience barriers from various sources when pursuing their career and educational goals.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2C824J4B
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21441
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCounseling psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledWomen's studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcareer barriersen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcareer developmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcollege womenen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmeasurement invarianceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPerception of Barriers Scaleen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwomen of coloren_US
dc.titleCareer Barriers of College Women across Racial/Ethnic Groups: Examination of The Perception of Barriers Scaleen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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