Girls' Math Performance Under Stereotype Threat: The Moderating Role of Mothers' Gender Stereotypes

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-949

  Tomasetto, Carlo ^a   Alparone, Francesca Romana ^b   Cadinu, Mara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Math gender stereotype; Mathematics; Parents; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79960468157     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024047     Document Type: Article

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