Blatant stereotype threat and women's math performance: Self-handicapping as a strategic means to cope with obtrusive negative performance expectations

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 193-198

  Keller, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender differences; math performance; self handicapping; stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036430819     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021003307511     Document Type: Article

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