Effects of salient multiple identities on women's performance under mathematics stereotype threat

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 703-716

  Gresky, Dana M ^a   Eyck, Laura L Ten ^a   Lord, Charles G ^a   McIntyre, Rusty B ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Self complexity; Social identity; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644432418     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-7735-2     Document Type: Article

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