Unstable Identity Compatibility: How Gender Rejection Sensitivity Undermines the Success of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1644-1652

  Ahlqvist, Sheana ^a   London, Bonita ^a   Rosenthal, Lisa ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; individual differences; mathematics achievement; sex role attitudes; sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MATHEMATICS; MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX-ROLE ATTITUDES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT; SEX-ROLE ATTITUDES; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84883824774     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613476048     Document Type: Article

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