Mind the Gap: Framing of Women's Success and Representation in STEM Affects Women's Math Performance under Threat

Sex Roles

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 454-463

  Shaffer, Emily S ^a   Marx, David M ^b   Prislin, Radmila ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Math performance; Social progress; STEM; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874945186     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0252-1     Document Type: Article

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