Implicit stereotypes and women's math performance: How implicit gender-math stereotypes influence women's susceptibility to stereotype threat

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 825-832

  Kiefer, Amy K ^a   Sekaquaptewa, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit associations; Math performance; Stereotypes; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547208649     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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