Smart girls, dumb boys!?: How the discourse on "Failing Boys" Impacts Performances and Motivational Goal Orientation in German School Students

Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-126

  Latsch, Martin ^a   Hannover, Bettina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

"failing boys"; Gender stereotypes; Stereotype lift; Stereotype reactance; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899056351     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000167     Document Type: Article

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