Perceived Familial Gender Discrimination, Gender Transcendence and Self-Efficacy: A Study on Indian Female University Students

Abstract Gender discrimination in familial settings carries significant adverse consequences for females across their life span, due to their status being relegated in the household like a second class citizen, restricting their mobility, leisure, and aspirations. The present paper explores the relationship between perceived familial gender discrimination, gender transcendence and self-efficacy. The study was conducted on 850 female university students aged 18 years and above who were unmarried, unemployed and have male siblings living with them. Gender Discrimination by Parents’ Behaviour subscale (from Gender Discrimination Inventory), Gender Transcendence subscale (from Social Roles Questionnaire) and New General Self-Efficacy scale were administered to the sample. Pearson correlation and linear regression analysis revealed that perceived familial gender discrimination is inversely correlated to both gender transcendence and self-efficacy.