Hartley, B.L. and Sutton, R.M. (2013) A stereotype threat account of boys’ academic underachievement. Child Development . ISSN 0009-3920. (In press)
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Abstract
Three studies examined the role of stereotype threat in boys’ academic underachievement. Study 1 (children aged 4-10, n = 238) showed that girls from age 4 and boys from age 7 believed, and thought adults believed, that boys are academically inferior to girls. In Study 2 stereotype threat was manipulated by informing children aged 7-8 (n = 162) that boys tend to do worse than girls at school. This hindered boys’ performance on a reading, writing, and math test, but did not affect girls’. In Study 3 stereotype threat was counteracted by informing children aged 6-9 (n= 184) that boys and girls were expected to perform similarly. This improved the performance of boys and did not affect that of girls.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology > Social Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Robbie Sutton |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2012 10:31 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2012 08:18 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/31283 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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