id: 06135040
dt: j
an: 2013a.00273
au: Tomasetto, Carlo; Alparone, Francesca Romana; Cadinu, Mara
ti: Girls’ math performance under stereotype threat: the moderating role of
    mothers’ gender share stereotypes.
so: Dev. Psychol. 47, No. 4, 943-949 (2011).
py: 2011
pu: American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
la: EN
cc: C61 C62
ut: sex stereotypes; mothers; sexual identity; elementary school students;
    fathers; gender differences; at risk persons; gender issues; daughters;
    mathematics achievement; hypothesis testing; parent influence;
    mathematics skills; questionnaires
ci: 
li: doi:10.1037/a0024047
ab: Summary: Previous research on stereotype threat in children suggests that
    making gender identity salient disrupts girls’ math performance at as
    early as 5 to 7 years of age. The present study $(n=124)$ tested the
    hypothesis that parents’ endorsement of gender stereotypes about math
    moderates girls’ susceptibility to stereotype threat. Results
    confirmed that stereotype threat impaired girls’ performance on math
    tasks among students from kindergarten through 2nd grade. Moreover,
    mothers’ but not fathers’ endorsement of gender stereotypes about
    math moderated girls’ vulnerability to stereotype threat: Performance
    of girls whose mothers strongly rejected the gender stereotype about
    math did not decrease under stereotype threat. These findings are
    important because they point to the role of mothers’ beliefs in the
    development of girls’ vulnerability to the negative effects of gender
    stereotypes about math.
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