Examining Adolescent Daughters' and their Parents' Implicit Math-Gender Stereotypes

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dc.contributor.advisorSteele, Jennifer
dc.creatorLapytskaia, Christina
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-21T13:41:49Z
dc.date.available2018-11-21T13:41:49Z
dc.date.copyright2018-06-22
dc.date.issued2018-11-21
dc.date.updated2018-11-21T13:41:49Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractWomen continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields, and research suggests that math-gender stereotypes may be a contributing factor. In the present research I examined daughters and parents implicit math-gender stereotypes during an important developmental period for career-related decisions: late adolescence. Participants (N=415) included adolescent girls (N=185, Mage=17) and at least one parent (N=230, Mage =49). Implicit math-gender stereotyping was measured using an IAT (Greenwald et al., 1998), and explicit stereotyping, math attitudes and math ability were measured using self-reports. Daughters and parents demonstrated significant implicit and explicit stereotyping, but no relationship emerged between daughters and either parents math-gender stereotypes. Moreover, parents math stereotyping did not predict their daughters math attitudes or ability. However, daughters math attitudes and ability were predicted by their own implicit and explicit stereotyping. These findings highlight the importance of challenging math-gender stereotypes across development.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35485
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectSocial psychology
dc.subject.keywordsSTEM
dc.subject.keywordsMath-gender stereotypes
dc.subject.keywordsImplicit and explicit stereotypes
dc.subject.keywordsMath attitudes
dc.subject.keywordsParent-child relationships
dc.subject.keywordsAdolescent academic preferences
dc.subject.keywordsImplicit association test
dc.titleExamining Adolescent Daughters' and their Parents' Implicit Math-Gender Stereotypes
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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