Male Graduate Students at a “Women’s College”: Examining the Roles of Academic Motivation, Support, Connection, and Masculinity Ideology

Despite recent statistics indicating that men lag behind women in higher education enrollment and degree attainment, little research has focused on male graduate students. The current study examined 110 male graduate students at a female-concentrated university located in the Mid-Atlantic region of...

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Published inSex roles Vol. 72; no. 7-8; pp. 321 - 334
Main Authors Isacco, Anthony, Morse, Jennifer Q.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.04.2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavioral Science and Psychology
College students
Colleges & universities
Enrollments
Gender roles
Gender Studies
Graduate Students
Higher education
Ideology
Masculinity
Medicine/Public Health
Motivation
Multiple Regression Analysis
Original Article
Psychology
Sociology
Student attitudes
Student Motivation
Masculinity
Male graduate students
Academic motivation
Higher education
Masculinity ideology
Academic support
University connection
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Summary:Despite recent statistics indicating that men lag behind women in higher education enrollment and degree attainment, little research has focused on male graduate students. The current study examined 110 male graduate students at a female-concentrated university located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. This study hypothesized that university connection, perceptions of academic supports, and academic motivation related to male graduate students’ intentions to stay at and graduate from the university. The study further hypothesized that masculinity ideology would moderate the relationship between university connection, perceptions of academic supports, and academic motivation and their intentions to stay at and graduate from the university. Data from multiple regression analysis found that academic motivation and university connection were significant predictors of intentions to stay at the university. Moderation analysis indicated that traditional masculinity ideology was a positive moderator between support and intentions to stay. Implications of the findings for future research and helping male graduate students succeed are discussed.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/s11199-015-0447-3