Is School Feminine? Implicit Gender Stereotyping of School as a Predictor of Academic Achievement

Sex Roles

Volumn 69, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 605-617

  Heyder, Anke ^a   Kessels, Ursula ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender gap in academic achievement; Gender role self concept; Implicit measures; School; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888071100     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0309-9     Document Type: Article

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