ED Deemer, DB Thoman, JP Chase… - Journal of Career …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com

Feeling the threat: Stereotype threat as a contextual barrier to women's science career choice intentions.

Stem career programs

Deemer, Thoman

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Social cognitive career theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994, 2000) holds that contextual barriers inhibit self-efficacy and goal choice intentions from points both near and far from the active career development situation. The current study examined the influence of one such proximal barrier, stereotype threat, on attainment of these outcomes among women considering careers in science. Participants were female undergraduate students (N= 439) enrolled in chemistry and physics laboratory classes. As predicted, results …

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