Stereotype threat and arousal: Effects on women's math performance

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 782-789

  O'Brien, Laurie T ^a,b   Crandall, Christian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Gender; Math; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN;

EID: 0038793813     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203029006010     Document Type: Article

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