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eing met and how can these expectations be managed? In this paper I present data from a 5 year
long, repeated cross-sectional study of the expectations of undergraduate psychology students. I
discuss the implications of these findings for curriculum design and student support.
3124 ORAL
Social issues
Chair: Ayesha Mahmuda, Bangladesh
3124.1 Typology of the poor in Juarez, México, Roxana Espinoza, Jesús Luna, Universidad
Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez – ICSA- Psicología, Mexico
Poverty in many sectors of the city of Juarez is alarming. Most of the studies on poverty are of a
demographic or econometric nature. Furthermore, most studies on the psychosocial factors of
poverty have been done in industrialized countries. In this study participants responded to a
Spanish translation and adaptation of a questionnaire by Mörcol (1999) that combines
demographic, occupational and psychological variables to establish a typology of the poor using
discriminant analysis. Results corroborate the categorization created by Mörcol, thus
stimulating cross-cultural research on poverty. Also, findings will help develop programs against
extreme poverty in Juarez.
3124.3 Experiment on the sex preference of Chinese women, Meifu Yan, Fengxia Wang,
Hubei Universiry, China
The sex ratio of newborns of China is out of balance in recent years. Most women prefer to have
boys. But in certain regions, the sex ratio of newborns maintains a balance. The present study
tested women who have different kinds of sex preference by projective approach with the
photographs of six-month babies. The results show that there is a significant difference between
boy-preference and girl-preference women with different marital patterns. Women with the pattern
of conventional marriage prefer to have boys, while the women in unconventional marriage whose
husband living with wife’s family prefer to have girls.
3124.4 Unemployment and psychological well-being: A probe into some socio-demographic
factors, Ayesha Mahmuda, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
This study observed the effect of unemployment on psychological well-being in terms of some
socio-demographic factors viz., sex, age, education, income, marital status and duration of
unemployment. The sample consisted of 300 adults (150 males, 150 females) drawn randomly
from Dhaka city. A Bengali version of subjective well-being questionnaire of Nagpal and Sell
(1985) was used. Results of ANOVA showed that all socio-demographic variables, except age,
were significant determinants of psychological well-being of the unemployeds. On the whole all
groups of unemployed respondents had relatively poor psychological well-being which was a joint
function of a number of socio-demographic variables.
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