Only a burden for females in math? Gender and domain differences in the relation between adolescents’ fixed mindsets and motivation

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dc.contributor.authorHeyder, Anke
dc.contributor.authorWeidinger, Anne F.
dc.contributor.authorSteinmayr, Ricarda
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-11T07:51:12Z
dc.date.available2021-03-11T07:51:12Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-10
dc.description.abstractGendered 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.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/40073
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-21950
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJ Youth Adolescence;50(1)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMindsetsen
dc.subjectGender differencesen
dc.subjectAbility self-concepten
dc.subjectIntrinsic motivationen
dc.subjectMathen
dc.subject.ddc150
dc.subject.rswkGeschlechtsunterschiedde
dc.subject.rswkSelbstbildde
dc.subject.rswkIntrinsische Motivationde
dc.titleOnly a burden for females in math? Gender and domain differences in the relation between adolescents’ fixed mindsets and motivationen
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dc.type.publicationtypearticleen
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eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitationHeyder, A., Weidinger, A.F. & Steinmayr, R. Only a Burden for Females in Math? Gender and Domain Differences in the Relation Between Adolescents’ Fixed Mindsets and Motivation. J Youth Adolescence 50, 177–188 (2021).de
eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifierhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01345-4de

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