Counter-stereotypic beliefs in math do not protect school girls from stereotype threat

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1024-1027

  Huguet, Pascal ^a   Régner, Isabelle ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Counter stereotypic beliefs; Gender; Stereotype threat; Stereotypic knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651067613     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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