Luke McGuire, Adam J Hoffman, Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Adam Hartstone-Rose, Mark Winterbottom, Angelina Joy, Fidelia Law, Frances Balkwill, Karen P Burns, Laurence Butler, Marc Drews, Grace Fields, Hannah Smith, Adam Rutland
Gender stereotypes are harmful for girls' enrollment and performance in science and mathematics. So far, less is known about children's and adolescents' stereotypes regarding technology and engineering. In the current study, participants' ( N = 1,206, girls n = 623; 5-17-years-old, M = 8.63, SD = 2.81) gender stereotypes for each of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) domains were assessed along with the relation between these stereotypes and a peer selection task in a STEM context...
2022: Sex Roles