Making gender matter: The role of gender-based expectancies and gender identification on women's and men's math performance in Sweden: Personality and Social Sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-338

  Eriksson, Kimmo ^b   Lindholm, Torun ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender identification; Gender based expectations; Intercultural differences; Math performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN;

EID: 34547224607     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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