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Weisgram, E. S., & Diekman, A. B. (2017). Making STEM “family friendly”: The impact of perceiving science careers as family-compatible. Social Sciences, 6(2), 61.
Weisgram, Erica S., and Amanda B. Diekman. "Making STEM “family friendly”: The impact of perceiving science careers as family-compatible." Social Sciences 6.2 (2017): 61.
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Making STEM “family friendly”: The impact of perceiving science careers as family-compatible.

Broadening participation in STEM

Diekman, Weisgram

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Two studies extended the communal goal congruity perspective to examine perceived incongruity between science careers and family caregiving goals. Study 1 examined beliefs about science careers among young adolescents, older adolescents, and young adults. Science careers were perceived as unlikely to afford family goals, and this belief emerged more strongly with age cohort. Study 1 also documented that the perception that science affords family goals predicts interest in pursuing science. Study 2 then employed an …

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