An Identity Threat Perspective on Intervention

Stereotype Threat: Theory, Process, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cohen, Geoffrey L ^a   Purdie Vaughns, Valerie ^b   Garcia, Julio ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Affirmation; Black white test score gap; Intervention; Male female science gap; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921756543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732449.003.0018     Document Type: Chapter

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