Trait beliefs that make women vulnerable to math disengagement

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-238

  Burkley, Melissa ^a   Parker, Jessica ^a   Stermer, S Paul ^a   Burkley, Edward ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain disengagement; Implicit theories; Math identification; Women and math

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856547146     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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