The detrimental effects of a suggestion of sexism in an instruction situation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 602-615

  Adams, Glenn ^a   Garcia, Donna M ^b   Purdie Vaughns, Valerie ^c   Steele, Claude M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Social identity threat; Stereotype lift; Stereotype threat; Systemic devaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746602352     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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