A stereotype threat account of boys' academic underachievement

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1716-1733

  Hartley, Bonny L ^a   Sutton, Robbie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 84883362055     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12079     Document Type: Article

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