The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEM
Adolescents face many barriers on the path towards a STEM profession, especially girls. We examine the gender stereotypes, cognitive abilities, self-perceived ability and intrinsic values of 546 Russian school children from 12 to 17 years old by sex and STEM preferences. In our sample, STEM students...
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| author | Victoria Ismatullina Timofey Adamovich Ilya Zakharov Georgy Vasin Ivan Voronin |
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| description | Adolescents face many barriers on the path towards a STEM profession, especially girls. We examine the gender stereotypes, cognitive abilities, self-perceived ability and intrinsic values of 546 Russian school children from 12 to 17 years old by sex and STEM preferences. In our sample, STEM students compared to no-STEM have higher cognitive abilities, intrinsic motivation towards math and science, are more confident in their math abilities and perceive math as being easier. Boys scored higher in science, math and overall academic self-efficacy, intrinsic learning motivation and math’s importance for future careers. Meanwhile, girls displayed higher levels of gender stereotypes related to STEM and lower self-efficacy in math. A network analysis was conducted to identify the structure of psychological traits and the position of the stem-related stereotypes among them. The analysis arrived at substantially different results when adolescents were grouped by sex or preference towards STEM. It also demonstrated that gender stereotypes are connected with cognitive abilities, with a stronger link in the no-STEM group. Such stereotypes play a more important role for girls than boys and, jointly with the general self-efficacy of cognitive and academic abilities, are associated with the factors that distinguish groups of adolescents in their future careers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82ef9e1520774e808986810c603696272023-11-24T00:29:30ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-03-011237510.3390/bs12030075The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEMVictoria Ismatullina0Timofey Adamovich1Ilya Zakharov2Georgy Vasin3Ivan Voronin4Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, 125009 Moscow, RussiaPsychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, 125009 Moscow, RussiaPsychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, 125009 Moscow, RussiaPsychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, 125009 Moscow, RussiaFaculté des Sciences Sociales, École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, CanadaAdolescents face many barriers on the path towards a STEM profession, especially girls. We examine the gender stereotypes, cognitive abilities, self-perceived ability and intrinsic values of 546 Russian school children from 12 to 17 years old by sex and STEM preferences. In our sample, STEM students compared to no-STEM have higher cognitive abilities, intrinsic motivation towards math and science, are more confident in their math abilities and perceive math as being easier. Boys scored higher in science, math and overall academic self-efficacy, intrinsic learning motivation and math’s importance for future careers. Meanwhile, girls displayed higher levels of gender stereotypes related to STEM and lower self-efficacy in math. A network analysis was conducted to identify the structure of psychological traits and the position of the stem-related stereotypes among them. The analysis arrived at substantially different results when adolescents were grouped by sex or preference towards STEM. It also demonstrated that gender stereotypes are connected with cognitive abilities, with a stronger link in the no-STEM group. Such stereotypes play a more important role for girls than boys and, jointly with the general self-efficacy of cognitive and academic abilities, are associated with the factors that distinguish groups of adolescents in their future careers.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/3/75STEMgender stereotypesnon-verbal intelligencespatial abilitiesself-perceived abilityacademic motivation |
| spellingShingle | Victoria Ismatullina Timofey Adamovich Ilya Zakharov Georgy Vasin Ivan Voronin The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEM Behavioral Sciences STEM gender stereotypes non-verbal intelligence spatial abilities self-perceived ability academic motivation |
| title | The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEM |
| title_full | The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEM |
| title_fullStr | The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEM |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEM |
| title_short | The Place of Gender Stereotypes in the Network of Cognitive Abilities, Self-Perceived Ability and Intrinsic Value of School in School Children Depending on Sex and Preferences in STEM |
| title_sort | place of gender stereotypes in the network of cognitive abilities self perceived ability and intrinsic value of school in school children depending on sex and preferences in stem |
| topic | STEM gender stereotypes non-verbal intelligence spatial abilities self-perceived ability academic motivation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/3/75 |
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