Adolescent girls' STEM identity formation and media images of STEM professionals: Considering the influence of contextual cues

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Steinke, Jocelyn ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Media images; Perceptions of scientists; Science STEM identity formation; STEM stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021356444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00716     Document Type: Review

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