Separating Implicit Gender Stereotypes regarding Math and Language: Implicit Ability Stereotypes are Self-serving for Boys and Men, but not for Girls and Women

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 324-335

  Steffens, Melanie C ^a   Jelenec, Petra ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Implicit stereotypes; Math gender stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951814333     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9924-x     Document Type: Article

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