Effects of everyday romantic goal pursuit on women's attitudes toward math and science

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1259-1273

  Park, Lora E ^a   Young, Ariana F ^a   Troisi, Jordan D ^a   Pinkus, Rebecca T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gender roles; goal conflict; motivation; romantic relationships; self presentation; women and STEM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; LOVE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; SCIENCE;

ATTITUDE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GOALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960740128     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211408436     Document Type: Article

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