Gender stereotype endorsement and achievement-related outcomes: The role of competence beliefs and task values

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-235

  Plante, Isabelle ^c   De la Sablonnière, Roxane ^b   Aronson, Joshua M ^a   Théorêt, Manon ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career intentions; Expectancy value theory; Gender differences; Gender stereotypes; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877886261     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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