Choking under pressure: When an additional positive stereotype affects performance for domain identified male mathematics students

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-326

  Rosenthal, Harriet E S ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^b,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choking under pressure; Mathematics; Positive stereotypes; Stereotype lift; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049043431     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173429     Document Type: Article

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