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Killen M, Burkholder AR, Brey E, Cooper D, Pauker K. Children and adolescents rectify unequal allocations of leadership duties in the classroom. Child Dev 2024. [PMID: 38922931 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Little is known about how children and adolescents evaluate unequal teacher allocations of leadership duties based on ethnicity-race and gender in the classroom. U.S. boys and girls, White (40.7%), Multiracial (18.5%), Black/African American (16.0%), Latine (14.2%), Asian (5.5%), Pacific Islander (0.4%), and other (4.7%) ethnic-racial backgrounds, 8-14 years, N = 275, evaluated teacher allocations of high-status leadership positions favoring specific ethnic-racial or gender groups during 2018-2021. Adolescents, more than children, negatively evaluated unequal teacher allocations of leadership duties that resulted in group-based inequalities, expected peers who shared the identity of a group disadvantaged by the teacher's allocation to view it more negatively than others, and rectified inequalities. Understanding perceptions of teacher-based bias provides an opportunity for interventions designed to create fair and just classrooms that motivate all students to achieve.
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Shimizu Y. "Stereotype embodiment theory"-based intervention to reduce ageism in Japan: Integration with interventions to encourage life planning among younger people. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 38769864 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.13139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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To solve the problems related to the ageing society, effective strategies to reduce younger people's ageism towards older adults should be developed. Previous studies incorporated the content of stereotype embodiment theory (SET) into ageism reduction strategy, suggesting that younger participants' ageism eventually has undesirable impacts on their own future (i.e., SET intervention). In the SET intervention, participants read an explanatory text on several empirical findings related to SET. To enhance the versatility of this intervention, two experiments were conducted with younger participants in Japan. Study 1 examined concerns that arise in the practical application of the intervention. Results revealed that the SET intervention had few effects on fear of death and increased state self-esteem. In Study 2, the SET intervention was combined with interventions to encourage life planning, in which they freely described possible negative/positive events in their future. SET intervention reduced ageism, increased advocacy for policies to support older adults and increased emphasis on life planning and hope for the future. Many previous studies have shown that intergenerational contact-based interventions are effective in reducing ageism, and future research should be conducted in combination with the SET interventions.
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- Yuho Shimizu
- Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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Kim S, Jin KS, Bian L. Gender brilliance stereotype emerges early and predicts children's motivation in South Korea. Child Dev 2024; 95:913-928. [PMID: 37997439 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Recent work suggests that the stereotype associating brilliance with men may underpin women's underrepresentation in prestigious careers, yet little is known about its development and consequences in non-Western contexts. The present research examined the onset of this stereotype and its relation to children's motivation in 5- to 7-year-old Korean children (N = 272, 50% girls, tested 2021 to 2022). At age 7, children attributed brilliance to men when evaluating Asians and Whites, and girls became less interested in participating in intellectually challenging tasks than boys. Notably, this gender difference in interest was mediated by children's endorsement of the stereotype. The generalizable early emergence of the gender brilliance stereotype and its detrimental implications press the need to tackle gender imbalance in early childhood.
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- Seowoo Kim
- Department of Psychology, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jenifer JB, Jaxon J, Levine SC, Cimpian A. "You need to be super smart to do well in math!" Young children's field-specific ability beliefs. Dev Sci 2024; 27:e13429. [PMID: 37400969 DOI: 10.1111/desc.13429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is often believed to require intellectual talent ("brilliance"). Given that many cultures associate men more than women with brilliance, this belief poses an obstacle to women's STEM pursuits. Here, we investigated the developmental roots of this phenomenon, focusing specifically on young children's beliefs about math (N = 174 U.S. students in Grades 1-4; 93 girls, 81 boys; 52% White, 17% Asian, 13% Hispanic/Latinx). We found that field-specific ability beliefs (FABs) that associate success in math (vs. reading/writing) with brilliance are already present in early elementary school. We also found that brilliance-oriented FABs about math are negatively associated with elementary school students' (and particularly girls') math motivation-specifically, their math self-efficacy and interest. The early emergence of brilliance-oriented FABs about math and the negative relation between FABs and math motivation underscore the need to understand the sources and long-term effects of these beliefs. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Field-specific ability beliefs (FABs) are beliefs about the extent to which intellectual talent (or "brilliance") is required for success in a particular field or context. Among adults, brilliance-oriented FABs are an obstacle to diversity in science and technology, but the childhood antecedents of these beliefs are not well understood. The present study (N = 174) found that FABs that associate success in math (vs. reading/writing) with brilliance were already present in Grades 1-4. Brilliance-oriented FABs about math were negatively associated with elementary school students' (and particularly girls') math motivation-specifically, their math self-efficacy and interest.
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, USA
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Limeri LB, Carter NT, Lyra F, Martin J, Mastronardo H, Patel J, Dolan EL. Undergraduate Lay Theories of Abilities: Mindset, universality, and brilliance beliefs uniquely predict undergraduate educational outcomes. CBE LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION 2023; 22:ar40. [PMID: 37751502 PMCID: PMC10756031 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-12-0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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Students' beliefs about their abilities (called "lay theories") affect their motivations, behaviors, and academic success. Lay theories include beliefs about the potential to improve intelligence (mindset), who (i.e., everyone or only some people) has the potential to be excellent in a field (universality), and whether reaching excellence in a field requires raw intellectual talent (brilliance). Research demonstrates that each of these beliefs influences students' educational experiences and academic outcomes. However, it remains unclear whether they represent distinct latent constructs or are susceptible to the "jangle fallacy" (i.e., different names given to the same underlying construct). We conducted a multiphase, mixed-methods study to 1) evaluate whether mindset, universality, and brilliance beliefs represent conceptually and empirically discriminable concepts, and 2) evaluate whether mindset, universality, and brilliance beliefs contribute unique explanatory value for both psychosocial (e.g., sense of belonging) and academic outcomes (e.g., course grades). To address these questions, we developed and collected validity evidence for a new measure of science and math undergraduates' lay theories, called the Undergraduate Lay Theories of Abilities (ULTrA) survey. Factor analyses suggest that mindset, brilliance, and universality are distinct and empirically discriminable constructs. Structural Equation Models indicate that each lay theory contributes unique predictive value to relevant outcomes.
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- Lisa B. Limeri
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of STEM Education, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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Thomas E, Verdonk P, Rhodius-Meester H, Muller M. Minding menopause in patients with cognitive impairment: a patient's perspective and reflections on clinical practice. BMC Womens Health 2023; 23:591. [PMID: 37950260 PMCID: PMC10638716 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02770-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Many women experience impairment in cognitive function during perimenopause. These symptoms are often not attributed to perimenopause by women themselves, by family and friends, or by healthcare professionals. In this article, we present a case in which perimenopausal complaints were attributed to early dementia and discuss mechanisms contributing to the low level of awareness of perimenopausal symptoms amongst patients and clinicians. Stigma amongst women and healthcare professionals impairs the recognition of perimenopausal complaints, and consideration of treatment options by clinicians. We advocate raising awareness in patients and physicians with more education, and the incorporation of potential menopause-related symptoms in general clinical guidelines.
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- Elias Thomas
- Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Section, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam UMC, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Amsterdam Public Health Institute, Ageing & Later Life, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Ethics, Law and Humanities, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Section, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam UMC, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Memory Clinic, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Section, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam UMC, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Atherosclerosis & Ischemic Syndromes, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Cunningham SJ, Hutchison J, Ellis N, Hezelyova I, Wood LA. The cost of social influence: Own-gender and gender-stereotype social learning biases in adolescents and adults. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0290122. [PMID: 37566606 PMCID: PMC10420340 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Pervasive gender gaps in academic subject and career choices are likely to be underpinned by social influences, including gender stereotypes of competence in academic and career domains (e.g., men excel at engineering, women excel at care), and model-based social learning biases (i.e., selective copying of particular individuals). Here, we explore the influence of gender stereotypes on social learning decisions in adolescent and adult males and females. Participants (Exp 1: N = 69 adolescents; Exp 2: N = 265 adults) were presented with 16 difficult multiple-choice questions from stereotypically feminine (e.g., care) and masculine (e.g., engineering) domains. The answer choices included the correct response and three incorrect responses paired with a male model, a female model, or no model. Participants' gender stereotype knowledge and endorsement were measured, and adolescents (Exp. 1) listed their academic subject choices. As predicted, there was a bias towards copying answers paired with a model (Exp.1: 74%, Exp. 2: 65% ps < .001). This resulted in less success than would be expected by chance (Exp. 1: 12%, Exp. 2: 16% ps < .001), demonstrating a negative consequence of social information. Adults (Exp 2) showed gender stereotyped social learning biases; they were more likely to copy a male model in masculine questions and a female model in feminine questions (p = .012). However, adolescents (Exp 1) showed no evidence of this stereotype bias; rather, there was a tendency for male adolescents to copy male models regardless of domain (p = .004). This own-gender bias was not apparent in female adolescents. In Exp 1, endorsement of masculine stereotypes was positively associated with selecting more own-gender typical academic subjects at school and copying significantly more male models in the male questions. The current study provides evidence for the first time that decision-making in both adolescence and adulthood is impacted by gender biases.
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- Sheila J. Cunningham
- Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences, School of Applied Sciences Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences, School of Applied Sciences Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences, School of Applied Sciences Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences, School of Applied Sciences Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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Cave S, Dihal K, Drage E, McInerney K. Who makes AI? Gender and portrayals of AI scientists in popular film, 1920-2020. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE (BRISTOL, ENGLAND) 2023; 32:745-760. [PMID: 36779283 PMCID: PMC10413781 DOI: 10.1177/09636625231153985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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It is well established both that women are underrepresented in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and that media representations of professions have impact on career choices and prospects. We therefore hypothesised that women are underrepresented in portrayals of AI researchers in influential films. We tested this by analysing a corpus of the 142 most influential films featuring AI from 1920 to 2020, of which 86 showed one or more AI researchers, totalling 116 individuals. We found that nine AI professionals in film were women (8%). We further found that none of the 142 AI films was solely directed by a woman. We discuss a number of explanations for the paucity of women AI scientists in the media, including parallels between film and real-life gender inequality, the construction of the AI scientist as male through gendered narrative tropes, and the lack of female directors.
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Tellhed U, Björklund F, Kallio Strand K. Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students’ Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education. SEX ROLES 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11199-023-01353-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2023]
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AbstractThe labor market is strongly gender segregated with few women working in the tech sector (e.g., IT) and few men working in the care sector (e.g., nursing). We tested the hypothesis that middle school students strongly associate technology with men and caregiving with women in a Swedish context (i.e., a country that scores high in gender equality indices), and that these gender stereotypes for tech relate to girls’ lower interest in tech-focused education. We measured technology/caregiving gender stereotypes with implicit (the Implicit Association Test) and explicit (self-report) measures in a sample of middle school students (n = 873). The results supported the main hypotheses, and corroborate Eccles’s expectancy value theory, indicating that the endorsement of implicit gender stereotypes may serve as barriers to pursuing masculine-typed career paths for women. Further, a sample of middle school teachers (n = 86) showed stronger implicit gender stereotypes than the students. Unexpectedly, middle school girls with a foreign background showed no implicit gender stereotypes, which we discuss in relation to the gender-equality paradox. These findings suggest that to fulfill the recruitment needs of an increasingly digitalized world, the tech-industry and other stakeholders should put effort into counteracting the stereotype that technology is for men.
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Formanowicz M, Witkowska M, Hryniszak W, Jakubik Z, Cisłak A. Gender bias in special issues: evidence from a bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics 2023; 128:2283-2299. [PMID: 36844386 PMCID: PMC9940093 DOI: 10.1007/s11192-023-04639-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Even though the majority of psychologists are women, they are outnumbered by men in senior academic ranks. One reason for this representation bias in academia is that men favor other men in decision-making, especially when the stakes are high. We tested the possibility of such bias in a bibliometric analysis, in which we coded editors' and authors' gender in regular and special issues, the latter considered of higher scientific prominence. We examined all special issues from five prominent scientific outlets in the fields of personality and social psychology published in the twenty-first century. Altogether, we analyzed 1911 articles nested in 93 sets comprising a special issue and a neighboring regular issue treated as a control condition. For articles published in special (but not regular) issues, when there were more men editors, more men first-authored and co-authored the work. This pattern suggests how gender bias can be perpetuated within academia and calls for revising the editorial policies of leading psychology journals.
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- Magdalena Formanowicz
- Center for Research on Social Relations, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center for Research on Social Relations, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center for Research on Social Relations, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center for Research on Social Relations, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center for Research on Social Relations, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Despite progress made toward increasing women's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), women continue to be underrepresented and experience less equity and inclusion in some STEM fields. In this article, I review the psychological literature relevant to understanding and mitigating women's lower fit and inclusion in STEM. Person-level explanations concerning women's abilities, interests, and self-efficacy are insufficient for explaining these persistent gaps. Rather, women's relatively lower interest in male-dominated STEM careers such as computer science and engineering is likely to be constrained by gender stereotypes. These gender stereotypes erode women's ability to experience self-concept fit, goal fit, and/or social fit. Such effects occur independently of intentional interpersonal biases and discrimination, and yet they create systemic barriers to women's attraction to, integration in, and advancement in STEM. Dismantling these systemic barriers requires a multifaceted approach to changing organizational and educational cultures at the institutional, interpersonal, and individual level.
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- Toni Schmader
- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;
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Saemi E, Moteshareie E, Jalilinasab S, Afrash S, Deshayes M. Gender stereotypes and motor performance: How explicit and implicit stereotypes influence girls standing long jump and anxiety. PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE 2023; 64:102334. [PMID: 37665817 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Inducing a negative stereotype toward women usually leads to a decrease in women's motor performance. Given that most studies have focused on explicit stereotype induction among adults, the main aim of this study was to investigate the effects of explicit and implicit gender stereotypes on standing long jump performance in children. The second aim was to investigate the effects of these same manipulations on children's state anxiety. DESIGN A mixed model design with within-between-subject was used with standing long jump performance and state anxiety as dependent variables. METHOD Two hundred and four children (Mage = 10.95 years, SDage = 0.85) participated in this study and were randomly assigned, after baseline measurement, into four different groups (i.e., explicit/implicit vs. explicit vs. implicit vs. control). Specifically, participants performed 8 trials of standing long jump (4 trials during the baseline phase and 4 trials during the experimental phase). Children also completed the competitive state Anxiety Inventory at baseline as well as immediately after the trials. RESULTS For motor performance, children in the explicit/implicit group and in the implicit group were negatively affected by the stereotype manipulation during all trials whereas participants in the explicit group were only negatively impacted during the last two trials. However, regarding state anxiety, children were negatively affected after both explicit only and implicit only manipulations and more significantly after explicit/implicit manipulation. CONCLUSIONS The present research showed that the explicit and implicit manipulations influenced motor performance differently, but that these two manipulations increased state anxiety in the same way. Moreover, the combination of the explicit and implicit inductions leads to a greater significant negative influence on state anxiety but not motor performance.
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- Esmaeel Saemi
- Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
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- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science and Technology in Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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Mobbs D, Tashjian SM. Ten simple rules for unbiased teaching. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010344. [PMID: 36201408 PMCID: PMC9536547 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Dean Mobbs
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- Computation and Neural Systems Program at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (DM); (SMT)
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (DM); (SMT)
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Zhao S, Setoh P, Storage D, Cimpian A. The acquisition of the gender-brilliance stereotype: Age trajectory, relation to parents' stereotypes, and intersections with race/ethnicity. Child Dev 2022; 93:e581-e597. [PMID: 35635042 PMCID: PMC9545489 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Past research has explored children's gender stereotypes about specific intellectual domains, such as mathematics and science, but less is known about the acquisition of domain‐general stereotypes about the intellectual abilities of women and men. During 2017 and 2018, the authors administered Implicit Association Tests to Chinese Singaporean adults and 8‐ to 12‐year‐olds (N = 731; 58% female) to examine the gender stereotype that portrays exceptional intellectual ability (e.g., genius, brilliance) as a male attribute. This gender‐brilliance stereotype was present among adults and children and for both Chinese and White stereotype targets. It also was stronger among older children and among children whose parents also showed it. This early‐emerging stereotype may be an obstacle to gender equity in many prestigious employment sectors.
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- Siqi Zhao
- Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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Vial AC, Muradoglu M, Newman GE, Cimpian A. An Emphasis on Brilliance Fosters Masculinity-Contest Cultures. Psychol Sci 2022; 33:595-612. [PMID: 35318861 DOI: 10.1177/09567976211044133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Women are underrepresented in fields in which success is believed to require brilliance, but the reasons for this pattern are poorly understood. We investigated perceptions of a "masculinity-contest culture," an organizational environment of ruthless competition, as a key mechanism whereby a perceived emphasis on brilliance discourages female participation. Across three preregistered correlational and experimental studies involving adult lay participants online (N = 870) and academics from more than 30 disciplines (N = 1,347), we found a positive association between the perception that a field or an organization values brilliance and the perception that this field or organization is characterized by a masculinity-contest culture. This association was particularly strong among women. In turn, perceiving a masculinity-contest culture predicted lower interest and sense of belonging as well as stronger impostor feelings. Experimentally reducing the perception of a masculinity-contest culture eliminated gender gaps in interest and belonging in a brilliance-oriented organization, suggesting possible avenues for intervention.
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- Andrea C Vial
- Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi
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Napp C, Breda T. The stereotype that girls lack talent: A worldwide investigation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabm3689. [PMID: 35263142 PMCID: PMC8906730 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm3689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Recent research has shown that there exist gender stereotypes that portray men as more brilliant or inherently talented than women. We provide a large-scale multinational investigation of these stereotypes and their relationship with other gender gaps. Using a survey question asked to more than 500,000 students in 72 countries, we build a measure of the stereotypes associating talent with men and show that they are present in almost all studied countries. These stereotypes are stronger among high-achieving students and in more developed or more gender-egalitarian countries. Similar patterns are observed for gender gaps in competitiveness, self-confidence, and willingness to work in an ICT (Information and Communication Technology)-related occupation. Statistical analysis suggests that these three latter gender gaps could be related to stereotypes associating talent with men. We conclude that these stereotypes should be more systematically considered as a possible explanation for the glass ceiling.
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- Clotilde Napp
- Université Paris Dauphine, Paris, France
- CNRS, Paris, France
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- CNRS, Paris, France
- Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
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Reilly D, Neumann DL, Andrews G. Gender Differences in Self-Estimated Intelligence: Exploring the Male Hubris, Female Humility Problem. Front Psychol 2022; 13:812483. [PMID: 35197904 PMCID: PMC8858829 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Despite evidence from cognitive psychology that men and women are equal in measured intelligence, gender differences in self-estimated intelligence (SEI) are widely reported with males providing systematically higher estimates than females. This has been termed the male hubris, female humility effect. The present study explored personality factors that might explain this. Participants (N = 228; 103 male, 125 female) provided self-estimates of their general IQ and for Gardner’s multiple intelligences, before completing the Cattell Culture Fair IQ test as an objective measure of intelligence. They also completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) as a measure of sex-role identification, and measures of general and academic self-esteem. Both gender and sex-role differences were observed for SEI, with males and participants of both genders who scored high in masculinity offering higher self-estimates. By comparing estimated and observed IQ, we were able to rule out gender differences in overall accuracy but observed a pattern of systematic underestimation in females. An hierarchical multiple regression showed significant independent effects of gender, masculinity, and self-esteem. Mixed evidence was observed for gender differences in the estimation of multiple intelligences, though moderately sized sex-role differences were observed. The results offer a far more nuanced explanation for the male hubris, female humility effect that includes the contribution of sex role identification to individual and group differences.
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- David Reilly
- School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia
- *Correspondence: David Reilly,
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- School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Southport, QLD, Australia
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- School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia
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Van Veelen R, Derks B. Academics as Agentic Superheroes: Female academics' lack of fit with the agentic stereotype of success limits their career advancement. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 61:748-767. [PMID: 34935167 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gender gaps in academia persist with women being less likely to attain leadership, earning lower salaries, and receiving less research funding and resources compared to their male peers. The current research demonstrates yet another, more intangible gender gap in academia called lack of fit, whereby compared to male academics, female academics perceive higher misfit between their professional self-concept and the agentic 'superhero' stereotype of the successful academic. The entire population of Dutch academics (i.e., assistant, associate, and full professors from 14 universities) was approached to participate in a nationwide survey. Results from this unique dataset (N = 3978) demonstrate that academics perceive agency (e.g., self-confident, self-focused, competitive) as more descriptive of the stereotypical successful academic than communality (e.g., team-oriented, good teacher, collegial). Importantly, early career female academics perceived highest lack of fit with this narrowly-defined agentic occupational stereotype, which was correlated with lower work engagement, professional identification and career efficacy, and higher work exhaustion and exit intentions. Thus, lack of fit seems yet another barrier contributing to pervasive gender gaps in academia. Implications for building more inclusive academic cultures, where not only agentic but also communal academic practice is recognized and rewarded are discussed.
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- Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Casey K, Novick K, Lourenco SF. Sixty years of gender representation in children's books: Conditions associated with overrepresentation of male versus female protagonists. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0260566. [PMID: 34910745 PMCID: PMC8673601 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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As a reflection of prominent cultural norms, children's literature plays an integral role in the acquisition and development of societal attitudes. Previous reports of male overrepresentation in books targeted towards children are consistent with a history of gender disparity across media and society. However, it is unknown whether such bias has been attenuated in recent years with increasing emphasis on gender equity and greater accessibility of books. Here, we provide an up-to-date estimate of the relative proportion of males and females featured as single protagonists in 3,280 children's books (0-16 years) published between 1960-2020. We find that although the proportion of female protagonists has increased over this 60-year period, male protagonists remain overrepresented even in recent years. Importantly, we also find persistent effects related to author gender, age of the target audience, character type (human vs. non-human), and book genre (fiction vs. non-fiction) on the male-to-female ratio of protagonists. We suggest that this comprehensive account of the factors influencing the rates of appearance of male and female protagonists can be leveraged to develop specific recommendations for promoting more equitable gender representation in children's literature, with important consequences for child development and society.
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- Kennedy Casey
- Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Druid Hills, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Druid Hills, Georgia, United States of America
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Wood LA, Hutchison J, Aitken M, Cunningham SJ. Gender stereotypes in UK children and adolescents: Changing patterns of knowledge and endorsement. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 61:768-789. [PMID: 34904725 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Across two studies, we investigated gender stereotype knowledge and endorsement in UK schoolchildren, and their impact on academic subject choice. In Study 1, children aged 9-11 (N = 68) and 13-15 (N = 61) completed a newly developed Gender Attribute scale assessing their knowledge and endorsement of gender stereotypes relating to academic subjects and occupations. Participants demonstrated gender stereotype knowledge and endorsement, although significantly higher knowledge than endorsement scores indicated a level of stereotype rejection. Stereotype knowledge was greater in the older age group, and older girls showed significantly higher levels of stereotype rejection than all other groups. In Study 2, children aged 13-15 (N = 165) completed the Gender Attribute scale and provided information on their school subject choices. Patterns of stereotype knowledge and endorsement followed those of Study 1. Subject choice information showed that boys selected significantly more masculine than feminine subjects, while girls chose a similar proportion of each. Further, boys' level of gender stereotype endorsement predicted their subject choices, while girls' did not. We suggest that in contemporary UK some progress is being made in relation to girls challenging stereotypes that work against them but that more work is needed to encourage boys into female-dominated disciplines.
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- Lara A Wood
- Development, Learning, and Evolution Research Group, Division of Psychology, Abertay University, Dundee, UK
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- Development, Learning, and Evolution Research Group, Division of Psychology, Abertay University, Dundee, UK
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- Development, Learning, and Evolution Research Group, Division of Psychology, Abertay University, Dundee, UK
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Veldman J, Van Laar C, Thoman DB, Van Soom C. "Where will I belong more?": The role of belonging comparisons between STEM fields in high school girls' STEM interest. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION 2021; 24:1363-1387. [PMID: 34483710 PMCID: PMC8403818 DOI: 10.1007/s11218-021-09663-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In trying to understand women’s underrepresentation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), most existing research focuses on one STEM-field or collapses across all STEM-fields. However, these fields differ vastly in female representation: women tend to be most strongly underrepresented in technological and computer science university majors and to a lesser extent in mathematics and chemistry, while they are less underrepresented in biological sciences. To understand this variability, we examine how girls in the process of making higher education choices compare different STEM-fields to each other. We draw upon dimensional comparison theory, which argues that educational motivation involves intra-individual comparisons of achievement across school subjects. However, previous research has shown that a focus on achievement in STEM is not enough, anticipated belonging in a STEM-field plays a pivotal role in interest in pursuing that field. Consistent with this, we examined participants’ comparisons of anticipated belonging across STEM-fields. A sample of 343 high school girls in STEM-focused university tracks completed a survey on their anticipated belonging and interest in pursuing different STEM majors. Latent Profile Analysis resulted in 3 profiles, showing different belonging comparison patterns across STEM-fields. Examining these comparisons—both within and across profiles—showed how girls felt pushed away from certain STEM-fields and pulled toward others. The findings suggest that for interest in pursuing specific STEM-fields it is not just about the level of anticipated belonging within that STEM-field, but just as much about the level of anticipated belonging in comparison to another STEM-field.
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- Jenny Veldman
- Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Research Foundation - Flanders, Brussels, Belgium
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- Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology and Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
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- Leuven Engineering and Science Education Center (LESEC), Leuven, Belgium.,Faculty of Science, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Canning EA, Ozier E, Williams HE, AlRasheed R, Murphy MC. Professors Who Signal a Fixed Mindset About Ability Undermine Women’s Performance in STEM. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/19485506211030398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Two studies investigate how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professors’ fixed mindsets—the belief that intelligence is fixed and unchangeable—may induce stereotype threat and undermine women’s performance. In an experiment ( N = 217), we manipulated professors’ mindset beliefs (fixed vs. growth) within a course syllabus. While both men and women perceived the fixed mindset professor to endorse more gender stereotypes and anticipated feeling less belonging in the course, women reported these effects more than men. However, only for women did this threat undermine performance. In a 2-year longitudinal field study (884 students enrolled in 46 STEM courses), students who perceived their professor to endorse a fixed (vs. growth) mindset thought the professor would endorse more gender stereotypes and experienced less belonging in those courses. However, only women’s grades in those courses suffered as a result. Together, these studies demonstrate that professors’ fixed mindset beliefs may trigger stereotype threat among women in STEM courses.
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Hsiao Y, Banerji N, Nation K. Boys Write About Boys: Androcentrism in Children's Reading Experience and Its Emergence in Children's Own Writing. Child Dev 2021; 92:2194-2204. [PMID: 34228830 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Gender bias exists in our language environment. We investigated personal name usage in two large corpora of language written for and by U.K. children aged 5-13. Study 1 found an overrepresentation of male names in children's books, largely attributable to male authors. In stories written by over 100,000 children, Study 2 found an overall male bias that interacted with age. Younger children wrote more about their own gender. With age, girls became more balanced yet boys continued to show a strong male bias. Our findings demonstrate a male-centered bias in both children's books and their own writing. We consider the power of written language to both shape and be shaped by cultural stereotypes via systematic biases in gender associations.
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Morello SL, Genovese J, Pankowski A, Sweet EA, Hetzel SJ. Occupational segregation by gender in veterinary specialties: Who we are choosing, or who is choosing us. Vet Surg 2021; 50:1191-1200. [PMID: 34223642 DOI: 10.1111/vsu.13676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Gender demographics vary across specialties including surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, and oncology. Our objective was to determine whether residency selection or the decision to apply for training drives these differences. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SAMPLE POPULATION Matched and unmatched residents lists from Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program (VIRMP) from 2011 to 2020. Comparative Data Reports from the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges from 2010 to 2019. METHODS Names for matched and unmatched residents with addresses in the United States or Canada were coded for gender for seven programs: large and small animal surgery, large and small animal medicine, cardiology, neurology, and oncology. Match rate by gender was compared using chi-square tests. Gender demographics of applicants were compared to demographics of graduates using tests of two proportions. RESULTS No differences were observed between genders for the likelihood of successfully matching into each residency program evaluated except in large animal internal medicine. Women (44.2%) were slightly more likely to match, overall, than men (39.0%, p = .003). The proportions of women applying for residencies overall (70.7%), in large and small animal surgery (66.1%, 62.2%), cardiology (70.2%), and neurology (70.7%) were lower than the proportion of female graduates (79%; p's < .001). CONCLUSION No evidence for gender bias was detected in the VIRMP resident selection process. Female veterinary graduates seemed less likely to apply for residencies than their male counterparts. IMPACT Occupational segregation seems to stem from the decision to apply for residency. Interventions aimed at altering gender demographics in specialized medicine should target potential applicants.
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- Samantha L Morello
- Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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This article complements the coverage of the status of women in ocean science as contained in the recently published Global Ocean Science Report 2020 – Charting capacity for ocean sustainability. Using the seven Science, Technology and Innovation Gender Objectives (STI GOs) of UNESCO’s SAGA (STEM and Gender Advancement) project, it reviews available information on women’s education and careers in ocean science for some of the countries with the highest numbers of ocean scientists in order to highlight STI GOs of concern. It also provides some information on resources for each STI GO to help institutions to achieve gender equality amongst their ocean science research staff.
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- L. Anthea Brooks
- Gaia l.a.b., (UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector, retired) , Mechmont , France
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO , 7 place de Fontenoy , 75352 Paris Cedex 07 SP , France
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Marini M, Banaji MR. An implicit gender sex-science association in the general population and STEM faculty. The Journal of General Psychology 2020; 149:299-326. [PMID: 33283665 DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2020.1853502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We investigated implicit associations between social categories female or male and the attributes sex or science. In six experiments, Implicit Association Tests (IATs) showed female + sex/male + science associations. The bias was observed (a) in both men and women; (b) in participants who reported sexual attraction to both females and males (greater for the former); (c) in members of the general population as well as among STEM faculty from the highest ranked U.S. STEM universities; (d) even when both gender categories were clearly presented as scientists, via photos and words, (e) using both the standard IAT and a single category variation; and (f) hardly at all on explicit measures in contrast to implicit measures. By introducing the attribute of sexuality, these studies bring to light a robust if unintended mental association of women as sexual beings. The automaticity and surprising generality of the effect suggests that this association may be an unintentional yet potent barrier to women's lower representation and success in STEM.
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Rattan A, Ozgumus E. Embedding mindsets in context: Theoretical considerations and opportunities for studying fixed-growth lay theories in the workplace. RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2020.100127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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