Hartley, Bonny L. ORCID: 0000-0002-2501-1924 and Sutton, Robbie M. (2013) A stereotype threat account of boys' academic underachievement. Child Development, 84 (5). pp. 1716-1733. ISSN 0009-3920 (Print), 1467-8624 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12079)

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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 years and boys from age 7 years believed, and thought adults believed, that boys are academically inferior to girls. Study 2 manipulated stereotype threat, informing children aged 7–8 years (n = 162) that boys tend to do worse than girls at school. This manipulation hindered boys' performance on a reading, writing, and math test, but did not affect girls' performance. Study 3 counteracted stereotype threat, informing children aged 6–9 years (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
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Stereotype threat; Gender; Stereotypes; Performance
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Applied Psychology Research Group Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
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Last Modified:	07 May 2019 14:52
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/16148

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