New evidence on self-affirmation effects and theorized sources of heterogeneity from large-scale replications

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 405-424

  Hanselman, Paul ^a   Rozek, Christopher S ^b   Grigg, Jeffrey ^c   Borman, Geoffrey D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Middle school; Replication; Stereotype threat; Values affirmation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983259775     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000141     Document Type: Article

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