Autor(en): | Heyder, Anke Weidinger, Anne F. Steinmayr, Ricarda |
Titel: | Only a burden for females in math? Gender and domain differences in the relation between adolescents’ fixed mindsets and motivation |
Sprache (ISO): | en |
Zusammenfassung: | Gendered occupational and educational choices have often been traced back to gender differences in students’ domain-specific ability self-concept and intrinsic motivation. This study explored the role of believing in an “innate” math or language arts ability (i.e., having a fixed mindset) for gender differences in students’ ability self-concept and intrinsic motivation in 423 female (49%) and 447 male (51%) tenth graders from Germany (age M = 16.09 years, SD = 0.68, range: 14–18 years). In line with math-male stereotypes, believing in “innate” math ability was associated with lower ability self-concept and intrinsic motivation in female but not male students. In language arts, students’ mindsets were unrelated to their motivation. The results suggest that a fixed mindset presents an additional burden for female students in math, but not for male or female students in language arts. |
Schlagwörter: | Mindsets Gender differences Ability self-concept Intrinsic motivation Math |
Schlagwörter (RSWK): | Geschlechtsunterschied Selbstbild Intrinsische Motivation |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/40073 http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-21950 |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020-11-10 |
Rechte (Link): | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Enthalten in den Sammlungen: | Institut für Psychologie |
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