The Roots of Stereotype Threat: When Automatic Associations Disrupt Girls' Math Performance

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 250-263

  Galdi, Silvia ^a   Cadinu, Mara ^a   Tomasetto, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ASSOCIATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894907316     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12128     Document Type: Article

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