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2. Anthrax vaccine adsorbed: Further evidence supporting continuing the vaccination series rather than restarting the series when doses are delayed
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Pittman, Phillip R., Cavicchia, M.A., Kingsbury, J.L., Johnson, N.A., Barrera-Oro, J.G., Schmader, T., Korman, L., Quinn, X., and Ranadive, M.
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3. Gender as Embedded Social Cognition
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Amanda B. Diekman and Schmader T
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Text mining ,business.industry ,Social cognition ,business ,Psychology ,Cognitive psychology - Abstract
We examine gender as a cultural construct enacted through social cognitive processes that are embedded within the self, social interactions, and societal institutions. The embeddedness perspective elaborates how the binary gender categorization can create quite real gendered outcomes and experiences even if gender differences are not biologically essential. These categories take on a reality outside of the mind of perceivers because the meanings attached to gender categories are shared by others in the culture, enacted in social interactions, internalized into self-views, and maintained by social systems. Societal institutions explicitly and implicitly organize around gender, producing gendered norms, roles, and expectations. These norms, roles, and expectations shape the nature of interpersonal interactions both within and across gender lines and an individual’s self-selected experiences. Critically, these social interactions and personal choices in turn create behavioral and cognitive confirmation of the gendered expectations of others. Gendered expectations and experiences become internalized into the self, including one’s own self-concept and gender identity. We close by examining implications of this perspective for gender differences and similarities in social cognition, as well as malleability and stability in gender cognitions and outcomes.
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4. Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations
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Bosson, J.K. Jurek, P. Vandello, J.A. Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. Olech, M. Besta, T. Bender, M. Hoorens, V. Becker, M. Timur Sevincer, A. Best, D.L. Safdar, S. Włodarczyk, A. Zawisza, M. Żadkowska, M. Abuhamdeh, S. Badu Agyemang, C. Akbaş, G. Albayrak-Aydemir, N. Ammirati, S. Anderson, J. Anjum, G. Ariyanto, A. Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, J. Ashraf, M. Bakaitytė, A. Bertolli, C. Bërxulli, D. Bi, C. Block, K. Boehnke, M. Bongiorno, R. Bosak, J. Casini, A. Chen, Q. Chi, P. Cubela Adoric, V. Daalmans, S. Dandy, J. Lemus, S.D. Dhakal, S. Dvorianchikov, N. Egami, S. Etchezahar, E. Sofia Esteves, C. Felix, N. Froehlich, L. Garcia-Sanchez, E. Gavreliuc, A. Gavreliuc, D. Gomez, Á. Guizzo, F. Graf, S. Greijdanus, H. Grigoryan, A. Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J. Guerch, K. Gustafsson Sendén, M. Hale, M.-L. Hämer, H. Hirai, M. Hoang Duc, L. Hřebíčková, M. Hutchings, P.B. Høj Jensen, D. Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. Karabati, S. Kelmendi, K. Kengyel, G. Khachatryan, N. Ghazzawi, R. Kinahan, M. Kirby, T.A. Kovács, M. Kozlowski, D. Krivoshchekov, V. Kulich, C. Kurosawa, T. Thi Lac An, N. Labarthe, J. Latu, I. Anne Lauri, M. Mankowski, E. Musbau Lawal, A. Li, J. Lindner, J. Lindqvist, A. Maitner, A.T. Makarova, E. Makashvili, A. Malayeri, S. Malik, S. Mancini, T. Manzi, C. Mari, S. Martiny, S.E. Mayer, C.-H. Mihić, V. Milošević Đorđević, J. Moreno-Bella, E. Moscatelli, S. Bryan Moynihan, A. Muller, D. Narhetali, E. Neto, F. Noels, K.A. Nyúl, B. O’Connor, E.C. Ochoa, D.P. Ohno, S. Olanrewaju Adebayo, S. Osborne, R. Giuseppina Pacilli, M. Palacio, J. Patnaik, S. Pavlopoulos, V. Pérez de León, P. Piterová, I. Barreiros Porto, J. Puzio, A. Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J. Rentería Pérez, E. Renström, E. Rousseaux, T. Ryan, M.K. Sainz, M. Salvati, M. Samekin, A. Schindler, S. Seydi, M. Shepherd, D. Sherbaji, S. Schmader, T. Simão, C. Sobhie, R. Souza, L.D. Sarter, E. Sulejmanović, D. Sullivan, K.E. Tatsumi, M. Tavitian-Elmadjian, L. Jain Thakur, S. Thi Mong Chi, Q. Torre, B. Torres, A. Torres, C.V. Türkoğlu, B. Ungaretti, J. Valshtein, T. Van Laar, C. van der Noll, J. Vasiutynskyi, V. Vauclair, C.-M. Venäläinen, S. Vohra, N. Walentynowicz, M. Ward, C. Yang, Y. Yzerbyt, V. Zanello, V. Ludmila Zapata-Calvente, A. Žukauskienė, R.
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Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on a brief measure of precarious manhood beliefs (the Precarious Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) that covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies and with country-level indices of gender equality and human development. Using data from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions (N = 33,417), we demonstrate: (1) the psychometric isomorphism of the PMB (i.e., its comparability in meaning and statistical properties across the individual and country levels); (2) the PMB’s distinctness from, and associations with, ambivalent sexism and ambivalence toward men; and (3) associations of the PMB with nation-level gender equality and human development. Findings are discussed in terms of their statistical and theoretical implications for understanding widely-held beliefs about the precariousness of the male gender role. © The Author(s) 2021.
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5. Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations
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John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Dashamir Bërxulli, Tomasz Besta, Soline Ammirati, Ana Makashvili, Sandesh Dhakal, Mandy Boehnke, Emma C. O’Connor, Jennifer K. Bosson, Hedy Greijdanus, Janine Bosak, Serdar Karabati, Monika Kovacs, Emma A. Renström, Martina Hřebíčková, Neharika Vohra, Valeska Zanello, Ani Grigoryan, Vincent Yzerbyt, Marco Salvati, Eric S. Mankowski, Jorge Palacio, Joaquín Ungaretti, Collins Badu Agyemang, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Sylvie Graf, Vadym Vasiutynskyi, Masoumeh Seydi, Dominique Muller, Junyi Li, Alin Gavreliuc, Adil Samekin, Antonella Ludmila Zapata-Calvente, Carla Sofia Esteves, Soledad de Lemus, Amarina Ariyanto, Nikolay Dvorianchikov, Angela T. Maitner, A. Timur Sevincer, Maja Becker, Justine Dandy, Tiphaine Rousseaux, Simon Schindler, Tiziana Mancini, Sachiko Ohno, Serena Daalmans, Desirée Kozlowski, Francesca Guizzo, Rosita Sobhie, Nhan Thi Lac An, Claudia Manzi, Sami Abuhamdeh, Chongzeng Bi, Mary Anne Lauri, Juliana Barreiros Porto, Erico Rentería Pérez, Sonoko Egami, Gabriella Kengyel, Hannah Hämer, Vladimir Mihić, Rawan Ghazzawi, Jasna Milošević Đorđević, Katie E. Sullivan, Mariko Tatsumi, Sadia Malik, Quang Thi Mong Chi, Sarah E. Martiny, Sara Sherbaji, Michael Bender, Narine Khachatryan, Lucy R. Tavitian-Elmadjian, Katharina Block, Miriam-Linnea Hale, Deborah L. Best, Andrew B. Moynihan, Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Mika Hirai, Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo, Abiodun Musbau Lawal, Qingwei Chen, Marta Walentynowicz, Annalisa Casini, Dorthe Høj Jensen, Cláudio Vaz Torres, Aistė Bakaitytė, Edgardo Etchezahar, Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, Mujeeba Ashraf, Magdalena Zawisza, Paweł Jurek, Anna Lindqvist, Silvia Mari, Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Shera Malayeri, Peilian Chi, Toni Schmader, Danielle P. Ochoa, Michał Olech, Pablo Perez de Leon, Teri A. Kirby, Ana Raquel Rosas Torres, Lucille De Souza, Kimberly A. Noels, Erita Narhetali, Saba Safdar, Chiara Bertolli, Vera Cubela Adoric, Emma Sarter, Mary Kinahan, Angelica Puzio, Beril Türkoğlu, Laura Froehlich, Clara Kulich, Jolanda van der Noll, Dijana Sulejmanović, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Jana Lindner, Timothy Jacob Valshtein, Mario Sainz, Randall E. Osborne, Colleen Ward, Tai Kurosawa, Snigdha Patnaik, Rita Žukauskienė, Paul B. Hutchings, Suparna Jain Thakur, Javier Labarthe, Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti, Anna Wlodarczyk, Boglárka Nyúl, Kaltrina Kelmendi, Claude-Hélène Mayer, Colette van Laar, Michelle K. Ryan, Beatriz Torre, Debra Shepherd, Yaping Yang, Félix Neto, Keltouma Guerch, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, Gulnaz Anjum, Neto Felix, Vladislav Krivoshchekov, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Efraín García-Sánchez, Joel Anderson, Lam Hoang Duc, Satu Venäläinen, Elena Makarova, Cláudia Simão, Joseph A. Vandello, Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna, Dana Gavreliuc, Ioana M Latu, Silvia Moscatelli, Gülçin Akbaş, Magdalena Żadkowska, Renata Bongiorno, Eva Moreno-Bella, Vera Hoorens, Ángel Gómez, Ivana Piterová, Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie (CLLE-LTC), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bosson, J, Jurek, P, Vandello, J, Kosakowska-Berezecka, N, Olech, M, Besta, T, Bender, M, Hoorens, V, Becker, M, Timur Sevincer, A, Best, D, Safdar, S, Wlodarczyk, A, Zawisza, M, Zadkowska, M, Abuhamdeh, S, Badu Agyemang, C, Akbas, G, Albayrak-Aydemir, N, Ammirati, S, Anderson, J, Anjum, G, Ariyanto, A, Jamir Benzon, R, Ashraf, M, Bakaityte, A, Bertolli, C, Berxulli, D, Bi, C, Block, K, Boehnke, M, Bongiorno, R, Bosak, J, Casini, A, Chen, Q, Chi, P, Cubela Adoric, V, Daalmans, S, Dandy, J, Lemus, S, Dhakal, S, Dvorianchikov, N, Egami, S, Etchezahar, E, Sofia Esteves, C, Felix, N, Froehlich, L, Garcia-Sanchez, E, Gavreliuc, A, Gavreliuc, D, Gomez, A, Guizzo, F, Graf, S, Greijdanus, H, Grigoryan, A, Grzymala-Moszczynska, J, Guerch, K, Gustafsson Senden, M, Hale, M, Hamer, H, Hirai, M, Hoang Duc, L, Hrebickova, M, Hutchings, P, Hoj Jensen, D, Jasinskaja-Lahti, I, Karabati, S, Kelmendi, K, Kengyel, G, Khachatryan, N, Ghazzawi, R, Kinahan, M, Kirby, T, Kovacs, M, Kozlowski, D, Krivoshchekov, V, Kulich, C, Kurosawa, T, Thi Lac An, N, Labarthe, J, Latu, I, Anne Lauri, M, Mankowski, E, Musbau Lawal, A, Li, J, Lindner, J, Lindqvist, A, Maitner, A, Makarova, E, Makashvili, A, Malayeri, S, Malik, S, Mancini, T, Manzi, C, Mari, S, Martiny, S, Mayer, C, Mihic, V, Milosevic Dordevic, J, Moreno-Bella, E, Moscatelli, S, Bryan Moynihan, A, Muller, D, Narhetali, E, Neto, F, Noels, K, Nyul, B, O'Connor, E, Ochoa, D, Ohno, S, Olanrewaju Adebayo, S, Osborne, R, Giuseppina Pacilli, M, Palacio, J, Patnaik, S, Pavlopoulos, V, Perez de Leon, P, Piterova, I, Barreiros Porto, J, Puzio, A, Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J, Renteria Perez, E, Renstrom, E, Rousseaux, T, Ryan, M, Sainz, M, Salvati, M, Samekin, A, Schindler, S, Seydi, M, Shepherd, D, Sherbaji, S, Schmader, T, Simao, C, Sobhie, R, Souza, L, Sarter, E, Sulejmanovic, D, Sullivan, K, Tatsumi, M, Tavitian-Elmadjian, L, Jain Thakur, S, Thi Mong Chi, Q, Torre, B, Torres, A, Torres, C, Turkoglu, B, Ungaretti, J, Valshtein, T, Van Laar, C, van der Noll, J, Vasiutynskyi, V, Vauclair, C, Venalainen, S, Vohra, N, Walentynowicz, M, Ward, C, Yang, Y, Yzerbyt, V, Zanello, V, Ludmila Zapata-Calvente, A, Zukauskiene, R, UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Social Psychology, Research programme OB, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Bosson J.K., Jurek P., Vandello J.A., Kosakowska-Berezecka N., Olech M., Besta T., Bender M., Hoorens V., Becker M., Timur Sevincer A., Best D.L., Safdar S., Wlodarczyk A., Zawisza M., Zadkowska M., Abuhamdeh S., Badu Agyemang C., Akbas G., Albayrak-Aydemir N., Ammirati S., Anderson J., Anjum G., Ariyanto A., Jamir Benzon R. Aruta J., Ashraf M., Bakaityte A., Bertolli C., Berxulli D., Bi C., Block K., Boehnke M., Bongiorno R., Bosak J., Casini A., Chen Q., Chi P., Cubela Adoric V., Daalmans S., Dandy J., Lemus S.D., Dhakal S., Dvorianchikov N., Egami S., Etchezahar E., Sofia Esteves C., Felix N., Froehlich L., Garcia-Sanchez E., Gavreliuc A., Gavreliuc D., Gomez A., Guizzo F., Graf S., Greijdanus H., Grigoryan A., Grzymala-Moszczynska J., Guerch K., Gustafsson Senden M., Hale M.-L., Hamer H., Hirai M., Hoang Duc L., Hrebickova M., Hutchings P.B., Hoj Jensen D., Jasinskaja-Lahti I., Karabati S., Kelmendi K., Kengyel G., Khachatryan N., Ghazzawi R., Kinahan M., Kirby T.A., Kovacs M., Kozlowski D., Krivoshchekov V., Kulich C., Kurosawa T., Thi Lac An N., Labarthe J., Latu I., Anne Lauri M., Mankowski E., Musbau Lawal A., Li J., Lindner J., Lindqvist A., Maitner A.T., Makarova E., Makashvili A., Malayeri S., Malik S., Mancini T., Manzi C., Mari S., Martiny S.E., Mayer C.-H., Mihic V., Milosevic Dordevic J., Moreno-Bella E., Moscatelli S., Bryan Moynihan A., Muller D., Narhetali E., Neto F., Noels K.A., Nyul B., O'Connor E.C., Ochoa D.P., Ohno S., Olanrewaju Adebayo S., Osborne R., Giuseppina Pacilli M., Palacio J., Patnaik S., Pavlopoulos V., Perez de Leon P., Piterova I., Barreiros Porto J., Puzio A., Pyrkosz-Pacyna J., Renteria Perez E., Renstrom E., Rousseaux T., Ryan M.K., Sainz M., Salvati M., Samekin A., Schindler S., Seydi M., Shepherd D., Sherbaji S., Schmader T., Simao C., Sobhie R., Souza L.D., Sarter E., Sulejmanovic D., Sullivan K.E., Tatsumi M., Tavitian-Elmadjian L., Jain Thakur S., Thi Mong Chi Q., Torre B., Torres A., Torres C.V., Turkoglu B., Ungaretti J., Valshtein T., Van Laar C., van der Noll J., Vasiutynskyi V., Vauclair C.-M., Venalainen S., Vohra N., Walentynowicz M., Ward C., Yang Y., Yzerbyt V., Zanello V., Ludmila Zapata-Calvente A., Zukauskiene R., and Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Cultural Studies ,Ciências Sociais::Sociologia [Domínio/Área Científica] ,Social Psychology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology ,Social Sciences ,[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,050109 social psychology ,Ambivalence ,Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica] ,Psychology, Social ,Precarious manhood beliefs ,050105 experimental psychology ,ddc:150 ,Psychometric isomorphism ,precarious manhood beliefs ,ambivalent sexism ,ambivalence toward men ,Psychology ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Meaning (existential) ,media_common ,Isomorphism (sociology) ,Ciências Sociais::Antropologia [Domínio/Área Científica] ,precarious manhood belief ,4. Education ,05 social sciences ,psychometric isomorphism, precarious manhood beliefs, ambivalent sexism, ambivalence toward men ,16. Peace & justice ,Ambivalence toward men ,Human development (humanity) ,Settore M-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE ,3. Good health ,Communication and Media ,Ambivalent sexism ,Scale (social sciences) ,Anthropology ,[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology ,Ideology ,150 Psychology ,Social psychology ,Social status - Abstract
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by a Grant from the National Science Centre in Poland (Grant Number: 2017/26/M/HS6/00360) awarded to Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka. Data collection by the following researchers was supported by Grants as follows: Emma C. O'Connor (Grant RL5GM118963 from National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health; Angel Gomez (Grant RTI2018-093550-B-I00 from the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain); Sylvie Graf and Martina Hrebickova (Grant 20-01214S from the Czech Science Foundation, and Grant RVO: 68081740 from the Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences); Teri A. Kirby (Grant ES/S00274X/1 from the Economic and Social Research Council); Soledad de Lemus (Grant PSI2016-79971-P from Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the excellence); Michelle K. Ryan and Renata Bongiorno (Grant ERC-2016-COG 725128 from the European Research Council awarded to Michelle K. Ryan); Marie Gustafsson Senden, Anna Lindqvist and Emma Renstrom (Grant 2017-00414 from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life, and Welfare); Claudio V. Torres (Grant DPI/DIRPE n. 04/2019 from the University of Brasilia)., This study was preregistered in Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/u9xfg/., Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Whereas qualitative and ethnographic data suggest that many cultures conceptualize manhood as precarious, quantitative research has yet to demonstrate the cross-cultural consistency of precarious manhood beliefs. Here, we examined the psychometric isomorphism, or measurement invariance, of a brief precarious manhood beliefs scale (the PMB). Using data from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions (N=33,417), we examined: (1) the isomorphism of the PMB across individual and country levels; (2) the PMB’s distinctness from, and associations with, other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies (e.g., ambivalent sexism and ambivalence toward men; Glick & Fiske, 1996, 1999); and (3) associations of the PMB with country-level indices of gender equality (the GGGI; World Economic Forum, 2019) and human development (the HDI; United Nations Development Programme, 2019). Findings indicate that the PMB is a psychometrically valid and isomorphic index of beliefs about the male gender role that accounts for unique variance in country-level gender equality and human development., National Science Center, Poland 2017/26/M/HS6/00360, United States Department of Health & Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) RL5GM118963, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain RTI2018-093550-B-I00, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 20-01214S, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences RVO: 68081740, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) ES/S00274X/1, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness PSI2016-79971-P, European Research Council (ERC) European Commission ERC-2016-COG 725128, Swedish Research Council Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life & Welfare (Forte) 2017-00414, University of Brasilia 04/2019
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6. Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries
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Maria I. T. Olsson, Sanne van Grootel, Katharina Block, Carolin Schuster, Loes Meeussen, Colette Van Laar, Toni Schmader, Alyssa Croft, Molly Shuyi Sun, Mare Ainsaar, Lianne Aarntzen, Magdalena Adamus, Joel Anderson, Ciara Atkinson, Mohamad Avicenna, Przemysław Bąbel, Markus Barth, Tessa M. Benson‐Greenwald, Edona Maloku, Jacques Berent, Hilary B. Bergsieker, Monica Biernat, Andreea G. Bîrneanu, Blerta Bodinaku, Janine Bosak, Jennifer Bosson, Marija Branković, Julius Burkauskas, Vladimíra Čavojová, Sapna Cheryan, Eunsoo Choi, Incheol Choi, Carlos C. Contreras‐Ibáñez, Andrew Coogan, Ivan Danyliuk, Ilan Dar‐Nimrod, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Soledad de Lemus, Thierry Devos, Marwan Diab, Amanda B. Diekman, Maria Efremova, Léïla Eisner, Anja Eller, Rasa Erentaite, Denisa Fedáková, Renata Franc, Leire Gartzia, Alin Gavreliuc, Dana Gavreliuc, Julija Gecaite‐Stonciene, Adriana L. Germano, Ilaria Giovannelli, Renzo Gismondi Diaz, Lyudmila Gitikhmayeva, Abiy Menkir Gizaw, Biljana Gjoneska, Omar Martínez González, Roberto González, Isaac David Grijalva, Derya Güngör, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, William Hall, Charles Harb, Bushra Hassan, Tabea Hässler, Diala R. Hawi, Levke Henningsen, Annedore Hoppe, Keiko Ishii, Ivana Jakšić, Alba Jasini, Jurgita Jurkevičienė, Kaltrina Kelmendi, Teri A. Kirby, Yoko Kitakaji, Natasza Kosakowska‐Berezecka, Inna Kozytska, Clara Kulich, Eva Kundtová‐Klocová, Filiz Kunuroglu, Christina Lapytskaia Aidy, Albert Lee, Anna Lindqvist, Wilson López‐López, Liany Luzvinda, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Delphine Martinot, Rita Anne McNamara, Alyson Meister, Tizita Lemma Melka, Narseta Mickuviene, María Isabel Miranda‐Orrego, Thadeus Mkamwa, James Morandini, Thomas Morton, David Mrisho, Jana Nikitin, Sabine Otten, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, Elizabeth Page‐Gould, Ana Perandrés, Jon Pizarro, Nada Pop‐Jordanova, Joanna Pyrkosz‐Pacyna, Sameir Quta, TamilSelvan Ramis, Nitya Rani, Sandrine Redersdorff, Isabelle Régner, Emma A. Renström, Adrian Rivera‐Rodriguez, Sánchez Tania Esmeralda Rocha, Tatiana Ryabichenko, Rim Saab, Kiriko Sakata, Adil Samekin, Tracy Sánchez‐Pachecho, Carolin Scheifele, Marion K. Schulmeyer, Sabine Sczesny, David Sirlopú, Vanessa Smith‐Castro, Kadri Soo, Federica Spaccatini, Jennifer R. Steele, Melanie C. Steffens, Ines Sucic, Joseph Vandello, Laura Maria Velásquez‐Díaz, Melissa Vink, Eva Vives, Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh, Iris Žeželj, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Xian Zhao, Sarah E. Martiny, „Wiley' grupė, Olsson, Mit, van Grootel, S, Block, K, Schuster, C, Meeussen, L, Van Laar, C, Schmader, T, Croft, A, Sun, M, Ainsaar, M, Aarntzen, L, Adamus, M, Anderson, J, Atkinson, C, Avicenna, M, Babel, P, Barth, M, Benson-Greenwald, Tm, Maloku, E, Berent, J, Bergsieker, Hb, Biernat, M, Birneanu, Ag, Bodinaku, B, Bosak, J, Bosson, J, Brankovic, M, Burkauskas, J, Cavojova, V, Cheryan, S, Choi, E, Choi, I, Contreras-Ibanez, Cc, Coogan, A, Danyliuk, I, Dar-Nimrod, I, Dasgupta, N, de Lemus, S, Devos, T, Diab, M, Diekman, Ab, Efremova, M, Eisner, L, Eller, A, Erentaite, R, Fedakova, D, Franc, R, Gartzia, L, Gavreliuc, A, Gavreliuc, D, Gecaite-Stonciene, J, Germano, Al, Giovannelli, I, Diaz, Rg, Gitikhmayeva, L, Gizaw, Am, Gjoneska, B, Gonzalez, Om, Gonzalez, R, Grijalva, Id, Gungor, D, Senden, Mg, Hall, W, Harb, C, Hassan, B, Hassler, T, Hawi, Dr, Henningsen, L, Hoppe, A, Ishii, K, Jaksic, I, Jasini, A, Jurkeviciene, J, Kelmendi, K, Kirby, Ta, Kitakaji, Y, Kosakowska-Berezecka, N, Kozytska, I, Kulich, C, Kundtova-Klocova, E, Kunuroglu, F, Aidy, Cl, Lee, A, Lindqvist, A, Lopez-Lopez, W, Luzvinda, L, Maricchiolo, F, Martinot, D, Mcnamara, Ra, Meister, A, Melka, Tl, Mickuviene, N, Miranda-Orrego, Mi, Mkamwa, T, Morandini, J, Morton, T, Mrisho, D, Nikitin, J, Otten, S, Pacilli, Mg, Page-Gould, E, Perandres, A, Pizarro, J, Pop-Jordanova, N, Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J, Quta, S, Ramis, T, Rani, N, Redersdorff, S, Regner, I, Renstrom, Ea, Rivera-Rodriguez, A, Rocha, Ste, Ryabichenko, T, Saab, R, Sakata, K, Samekin, A, Sanchez-Pachecho, T, Scheifele, C, Schulmeyer, Mk, Sczesny, S, Sirlopu, D, Smith-Castro, V, Soo, K, Spaccatini, F, Steele, Jr, Steffens, Mc, Sucic, I, Vandello, J, Velasquez-Diaz, Lm, Vink, M, Vives, E, Warkineh, Tz, Zezelj, I, Zhang, Xx, Zhao, X, and Martiny, Se
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inequality ,Sociology and Political Science ,Social Psychology ,parental leave ,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology ,childcare ,cross-national ,VDP::Humaniora: 000 ,Philosophy ,Clinical Psychology ,cross- national ,Political Science and International Relations ,gender ,parental leave, gender, cross-national, inequality, childcare - Abstract
Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental-leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental-leave policies and women’s political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental-leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women’s (rather than men’s) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men’s higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men’s leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed., SSHRC Insight Development Grant 430-2018-00361 SSHRC Insight Grant 435-2014-1247 SSHRC doctoral fellowship, Basic Research Program at HSE University, RF, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) ES/S00274X/1, State Research Agency PID2019--111549GB-I00/10.13039/501100011033, Guangdong 13th-five Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project GD20CXL06, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 31600912 research infrastructure HUME Lab Experimental Humanities Laboratory, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) P1ZHP1_184553 P500PS_206546 P2LAP1_194987, Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (ANID/FONDAP) 15130009 Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Research (ANID/FONDAP) 15110006, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 756-2017-0249, Slovak Research and Development Agency project APVV 20--0319, Canada Research Chairs CGIAR CRC 152583, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 140649, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario 152655
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7. Gendered self-views across 62 countries : A test of competing models
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Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, Jennifer K. Bosson, Paweł Jurek, Tomasz Besta, Michał Olech, Joseph A. Vandello, Michael Bender, Justine Dandy, Vera Hoorens, Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti, Eric Mankowski, Satu Venäläinen, Sami Abuhamdeh, Collins Badu Agyemang, Gülçin Akbaş, Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Soline Ammirati, Joel Anderson, Gulnaz Anjum, Amarina Ariyanto, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Mujeeba Ashraf, Aistė Bakaitytė, Maja Becker, Chiara Bertolli, Dashamir Bërxulli, Deborah L. Best, Chongzeng Bi, Katharina Block, Mandy Boehnke, Renata Bongiorno, Janine Bosak, Annalisa Casini, Qingwei Chen, Peilian Chi, Vera Cubela Adoric, Serena Daalmans, Soledad de Lemus, Sandesh Dhakal, Nikolay Dvorianchikov, Sonoko Egami, Edgardo Etchezahar, Carla Sofia Esteves, Laura Froehlich, Efrain Garcia-Sanchez, Alin Gavreliuc, Dana Gavreliuc, Ángel Gomez, Francesca Guizzo, Sylvie Graf, Hedy Greijdanus, Ani Grigoryan, Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Keltouma Guerch, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Miriam-Linnea Hale, Hannah Hämer, Mika Hirai, Lam Hoang Duc, Martina Hřebíčková, Paul B. Hutchings, Dorthe Høj Jensen, Serdar Karabati, Kaltrina Kelmendi, Gabriella Kengyel, Narine Khachatryan, Rawan Ghazzawi, Mary Kinahan, Teri A. Kirby, Monika Kovacs, Desiree Kozlowski, Vladislav Krivoshchekov, Kuba Kryś, Clara Kulich, Tai Kurosawa, Nhan Thi Lac An, Javier Labarthe-Carrara, Mary Anne Lauri, Ioana Latu, Abiodun Musbau Lawal, Junyi Li, Jana Lindner, Anna Lindqvist, Angela T. Maitner, Elena Makarova, Ana Makashvili, Shera Malayeri, Sadia Malik, Tiziana Mancini, Claudia Manzi, Silvia Mari, Sarah E. Martiny, Claude-Hélène Mayer, Vladimir Mihić, Jasna MiloševićĐorđević, Eva Moreno-Bella, Silvia Moscatelli, Andrew Bryan Moynihan, Dominique Muller, Erita Narhetali, Félix Neto, Kimberly A. Noels, Boglárka Nyúl, Emma C. O’Connor, Danielle P. Ochoa, Sachiko Ohno, Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo, Randall Osborne, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, Jorge Palacio, Snigdha Patnaik, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Pablo Pérez de León, Ivana Piterová, Juliana Barreiros Porto, Angelica Puzio, Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna, Erico Rentería Pérez, Emma Renström, Tiphaine Rousseaux, Michelle K. Ryan, Saba Safdar, Mario Sainz, Marco Salvati, Adil Samekin, Simon Schindler, A. Timur Sevincer, Masoumeh Seydi, Debra Shepherd, Sara Sherbaji, Toni Schmader, Cláudia Simão, Rosita Sobhie, Jurand Sobiecki, Lucille De Souza, Emma Sarter, Dijana Sulejmanović, Katie E. Sullivan, Mariko Tatsumi, Lucy Tavitian-Elmadjian, Suparna Jain Thakur, Quang Thi Mong Chi, Beatriz Torre, Ana Torres, Claudio V. Torres, Beril Türkoğlu, Joaquín Ungaretti, Timothy Valshtein, Colette Van Laar, Jolanda van der Noll, Vadym Vasiutynskyi, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Neharika Vohra, Marta Walentynowicz, Colleen Ward, Anna Włodarczyk, Yaping Yang, Vincent Yzerbyt, Valeska Zanello, Antonella Ludmila Zapata-Calvente, Magdalena Zawisza, Rita Žukauskienė, Magdalena Żadkowska, Kosakowska-Berezecka, N, Bosson, J, Jurek, P, Besta, T, Olech, M, Vandello, J, Bender, M, Dandy, J, Hoorens, V, Jasinskaja-Lahti, I, Mankowski, E, Venäläinen, S, Abuhamdeh, S, Agyemang, C, Akbaş, G, Albayrak-Aydemir, N, Ammirati, S, Anderson, J, Anjum, G, Ariyanto, A, Aruta, J, Ashraf, M, Bakaitytė, A, Becker, M, Bertolli, C, Bërxulli, D, Best, D, Bi, C, Block, K, Boehnke, M, Bongiorno, R, Bosak, J, Casini, A, Chen, Q, Chi, P, Cubela Adoric, V, Daalmans, S, de Lemus, S, Dhakal, S, Dvorianchikov, N, Egami, S, Etchezahar, E, Esteves, C, Froehlich, L, Garcia-Sanchez, E, Gavreliuc, A, Gavreliuc, D, Gomez, Á, Guizzo, F, Graf, S, Greijdanus, H, Grigoryan, A, Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J, Guerch, K, Gustafsson Sendén, M, Hale, M, Hämer, H, Hirai, M, Hoang Duc, L, Hřebíčková, M, Hutchings, P, Jensen, D, Karabati, S, Kelmendi, K, Kengyel, G, Khachatryan, N, Ghazzawi, R, Kinahan, M, Kirby, T, Kovacs, M, Kozlowski, D, Krivoshchekov, V, Kryś, K, Kulich, C, Kurosawa, T, Lac An, N, Labarthe-Carrara, J, Lauri, M, Latu, I, Lawal, A, Li, J, Lindner, J, Lindqvist, A, Maitner, A, Makarova, E, Makashvili, A, Malayeri, S, Malik, S, Mancini, T, Manzi, C, Mari, S, Martiny, S, Mayer, C, Mihić, V, Miloševićđorđević, J, Moreno-Bella, E, Moscatelli, S, Moynihan, A, Muller, D, Narhetali, E, Neto, F, Noels, K, Nyúl, B, O’Connor, E, Ochoa, D, Ohno, S, Olanrewaju Adebayo, S, Osborne, R, Pacilli, M, Palacio, J, Patnaik, S, Pavlopoulos, V, de León, P, Piterová, I, Porto, J, Puzio, A, Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J, Rentería Pérez, E, Renström, E, Rousseaux, T, Ryan, M, Safdar, S, Sainz, M, Salvati, M, Samekin, A, Schindler, S, Sevincer, A, Seydi, M, Shepherd, D, Sherbaji, S, Schmader, T, Simão, C, Sobhie, R, Sobiecki, J, De Souza, L, Sarter, E, Sulejmanović, D, Sullivan, K, Tatsumi, M, Tavitian-Elmadjian, L, Thakur, S, Thi Mong Chi, Q, Torre, B, Torres, A, Torres, C, Türkoğlu, B, Ungaretti, J, Valshtein, T, Van Laar, C, van der Noll, J, Vasiutynskyi, V, Vauclair, C, Vohra, N, Walentynowicz, M, Ward, C, Włodarczyk, A, Yang, Y, Yzerbyt, V, Zanello, V, Zapata-Calvente, A, Zawisza, M, Žukauskienė, R, Żadkowska, M, and Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal theorists suggest that gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in more egalitarian countries, reflecting the greater autonomy support and flexible self-construction processes present in these countries. Using data from 62 countries (N = 28,640), we examine binary gender gaps in agentic and communal self-views as a function of country-level objective gender equality (the Global Gender Gap Index) and subjective distributions of social power (the Power Distance Index). Findings show that in more egalitarian countries, gender gaps in agency are smaller and gender gaps in communality are larger. These patterns are driven primarily by cross-country differences in men’s self-views and by the Power Distance Index (PDI) more robustly than the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI). We consider possible causes and implications of these findings., National Science Centre, Poland 2017/26/M/HS6/00360, United States Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) RL5GM118963, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain RTI2018-093550-B-I00, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 20-01214S, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences RVO: 68081740, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) ES/S00274X/1 MCIN/AEI PID2019-111549GB-I00, European Research Council (ERC) European Commission ERC-2016-COG 725128, Swedish Research Council Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life & Welfare (Forte) 2017-00414, University of Brasilia 04/2019
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8. When People Do Allyship: A Typology of Allyship Action.
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De Souza L and Schmader T
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Academic Abstract: Despite increased popular and academic interest, there is conceptual ambiguity about what allyship is and the forms it takes. Viewing allyship as a practice, we introduce the typology of allyship action which organizes the diversity of ways that advantaged individuals seek to support those who are disadvantaged. We characterize allyship actions as reactive (addressing bias when it occurs) and proactive (fostering positive outcomes such as feelings of inclusion, respect, and capacity), both of which can vary in level of analysis (i.e., targeting oneself, one or a few other individuals, or institutions). We use this framework to profile six productive yet largely independent bodies of social psychological literature on social action and directly compare relative benefits and constraints of different actions. We suggest several future directions for empirical research, using the typology of allyship to understand when, where, and how different forms of allyship might succeed., Public Abstract: Despite increased popular and academic interest in the word, people differ in what they believe allyship is and the forms it takes. Viewing allyship as a practice, we introduce a new way (the typology of allyship action ) to describe how advantaged individuals seek to support those who are disadvantaged. We characterize allyship actions as reactive (addressing bias when it occurs) and proactive (increasing positive outcomes such as feelings of inclusion, respect, and capacity), both of which can vary in level (i.e., targeting oneself, one or a few other individuals, or institutions). We use this framework to profile six large yet mostly separate areas of social psychological research on social action and directly compare the relative benefits and limitations of different actions. We suggest several future directions for how the typology of allyship action can help us understand when, where, and how different forms of allyship might succeed., Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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9. Girls are good at STEM: Opening minds and providing evidence reduces boys' stereotyping of girls' STEM ability.
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Cyr EN, Kroeper KM, Bergsieker HB, Dennehy TC, Logel C, Steele JR, Knasel RA, Hartwig WT, Shum P, Reeves SL, Dys-Steenbergen O, Litt A, Lok CB, Ballinger T, Nam H, Tse C, Forest AL, Zanna M, Staub-French S, Wells M, Schmader T, Wright SC, and Spencer SJ
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- Male, Humans, Female, Child, Canada, Stereotyping, Schools
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Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control conversation with trained camp staff. The intervention was a multi-stage persuasive appeal: a values affirmation, an illustration of girls' ability in STEM, a personalized anecdote, and reflection. Control participants discussed general camp experiences. Boys who received the intervention (vs. control) had more positive perceptions of girls' STEM ability, d = 0.23, an effect stronger among younger boys. These findings highlight the importance of engaging elementary-school-aged boys to make STEM climates more inclusive., (© 2023 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.)
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10. Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation.
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Saxler FM, Dorrough AR, Froehlich L, Block K, Croft A, Meeussen L, Olsson MIT, Schmader T, Schuster C, van Grootel S, Van Laar C, Atkinson C, Benson-Greenwald T, Birneanu A, Cavojova V, Cheryan S, Lee Kai Chung A, Danyliuk I, Dar-Nimrod I, de Lemus S, Diekman A, Eisner L, Estevan-Reina L, Fedáková D, Gavreliuc A, Gavreliuc D, Germano AL, Hässler T, Henningsen L, Ishii K, Kundtová Klocová E, Kozytska I, Kulich C, Lapytskaia Aidy C, López López W, Morandini J, Ramis T, Scheifele C, Steele J, Steffens MC, Velásquez Díaz LM, Venegas M, and Martiny SE
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Using data from 15 countries, this article investigates whether descriptive and prescriptive gender norms concerning housework and child care (domestic work) changed after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results of a total of 8,343 participants ( M = 19.95, SD = 1.68) from two comparable student samples suggest that descriptive norms about unpaid domestic work have been affected by the pandemic, with individuals seeing mothers' relative to fathers' share of housework and child care as even larger. Moderation analyses revealed that the effect of the pandemic on descriptive norms about child care decreased with countries' increasing levels of gender equality; countries with stronger gender inequality showed a larger difference between pre- and post-pandemic. This study documents a shift in descriptive norms and discusses implications for gender equality-emphasizing the importance of addressing the additional challenges that mothers face during health-related crises., Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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11. The SAFE Model: State Authenticity as a Function of Three Types of Fit.
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Aday A, Guo Y, Mehta S, Chen S, Hall W, Götz FM, Sedikides C, and Schmader T
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The SAFE model asserts that state authenticity stems from three types of fit to the environment. Across two studies of university students, we validated instruments measuring self-concept, goal, and social fit as unique predictors of state authenticity. In Study 1 ( N = 969), relationships between fit and state authenticity were robust to controlling for conceptually similar and distinct variables. Using experience sampling methodology, Study 2 ( N = 269) provided evidence that fit and authenticity co-vary at the state (i.e., within-person) level, controlling for between-person effects. Momentary variation in each fit type predicted greater state authenticity, willingness to return to the situation, and state attachment to one's university. Each fit type was also predicted by distinct contextual features (e.g., location, activity, company). Supporting a theorized link to cognitive fluency, situations eliciting self-concept fit elicited higher working memory capacity and lower emotional burnout. We discuss the implications of fit in educational contexts., Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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12. Do Measures of Systemizing and Empathizing Reflect Perceptions of Gender Differences in Learning Affordances?
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Aday A, Schmader T, and Ryan M
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Gender differences in systemizing and empathizing are sometimes attributed to inherent biological factors. We tested whether such effects are more often interpreted as reflecting men's and women's different learning affordances. Study 1 ( N = 624) estimated gender differences in item-level activities from systemizing and empathizing scales (SQ, EQ) in large representative samples. Lay coders (Study 2, N = 199) and psychology experts (Study 3, N = 116) rated SQ and EQ activities as being more learned (vs. innate) and believed that men receive more systemizing and women receive more empathizing (Study 3 only) affordances. Items showing the largest gender differences in Study 1 were those rated as having the largest gender affordances (more than gendered genetic advantages) in Studies 2 and 3. Claims about inherent sex differences in systemizing, and to a lesser degree empathizing, appear to be out of step with a consensus view from the public and psychological scientists., Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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13. Meta-analytic evidence against sex differences in infants' and toddlers' preference for prosocial agents.
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Margoni F, Block K, Hamlin K, Zmyj N, and Schmader T
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- Humans, Male, Infant, Female, Child, Preschool, Bayes Theorem, Sex Factors, Infant Behavior, Social Behavior, Sex Characteristics
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Can well-documented gender differences in evaluations of prosocial versus antisocial actions found in childhood and adulthood be traced to sex differences in basic sociomoral preferences in infancy? We provide an answer to this question by meta-analyzing sex differences in preference for prosocial over antisocial agents in a set of 53 samples of American and European infants and toddlers aged between 4 and 32 months ( N = 1,094). Although the original studies were agnostic to sex differences, we were able to retrieve the original data sets and estimate the effect of infants' and toddlers' sex on sociomoral preferences. Employing both a standard frequentist and a Bayesian approach to meta-analysis, we found strong evidence supporting the absence of sex differences in sociomoral preferences among infants and toddlers. We discuss the relevance of this finding for theories and descriptions of the emergence and developmental trajectory of gender differences in morality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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14. Gender Inclusion and Fit in STEM.
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Schmader T
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Despite progress made toward increasing women's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), women continue to be underrepresented and experience less equity and inclusion in some STEM fields. In this article, I review the psychological literature relevant to understanding and mitigating women's lower fit and inclusion in STEM. Person-level explanations concerning women's abilities, interests, and self-efficacy are insufficient for explaining these persistent gaps. Rather, women's relatively lower interest in male-dominated STEM careers such as computer science and engineering is likely to be constrained by gender stereotypes. These gender stereotypes erode women's ability to experience self-concept fit, goal fit, and/or social fit. Such effects occur independently of intentional interpersonal biases and discrimination, and yet they create systemic barriers to women's attraction to, integration in, and advancement in STEM. Dismantling these systemic barriers requires a multifaceted approach to changing organizational and educational cultures at the institutional, interpersonal, and individual level.
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15. Why Antibias Interventions (Need Not) Fail.
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Schmader T, Dennehy TC, and Baron AS
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- Cognition physiology, Humans, Knowledge, Motivation, Prejudice, Stereotyping
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There is a critical disconnect between scientific knowledge about the nature of bias and how this knowledge gets translated into organizational debiasing efforts. Conceptual confusion around what implicit bias is contributes to misunderstanding. Bridging these gaps is the key to understanding when and why antibias interventions will succeed or fail. Notably, there are multiple distinct pathways to biased behavior, each of which requires different types of interventions. To bridge the gap between public understanding and psychological research, we introduce a visual typology of bias that summarizes the process by which group-relevant cognitions are expressed as biased behavior. Our typology spotlights cognitive, motivational, and situational variables that affect the expression and inhibition of biases while aiming to reduce the ambiguity of what constitutes implicit bias. We also address how norms modulate how biases unfold and are perceived by targets. Using this typology as a framework, we identify theoretically distinct entry points for antibias interventions. A key insight is that changing associations, increasing motivation, raising awareness, and changing norms are distinct goals that require different types of interventions targeting individual, interpersonal, and institutional structures. We close with recommendations for antibias training grounded in the science of prejudice and stereotyping.
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16. Exposure to stereotype-relevant stories shapes children's implicit gender stereotypes.
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Block K, Gonzalez AM, Choi CJX, Wong ZC, Schmader T, and Baron AS
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- Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Male, Mathematics, Stereotyped Behavior, Self Concept, Stereotyping
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Implicit math = male stereotypes have been found in early childhood and are linked to girls' disproportionate disengagement from math-related activities and later careers. Yet, little is known about how malleable children's automatic stereotypes are, especially in response to brief interventions. In a sample of 336 six- to eleven-year-olds, we experimentally tested whether exposure to a brief story vignette intervention with either stereotypical, neutral, or counter-stereotypical content (three conditions: math = boy vs. neutral vs. math = girl) could change implicit math-gender stereotypes. Results suggested that children's implicit math = male stereotypes were indeed responsive to brief stories that either reinforced or countered the widespread math = male stereotype. Children exposed to the counter-stereotypical stories showed significantly lower (and non-significant) stereotypes compared to children exposed to the stereotypical stories. Critically, exposure to stories that perpetuated math = male stereotypes significantly increased math-gender stereotypes over and above baseline, underscoring that implicit gender biases that are readily formed during this period in childhood and even brief exposure to stereotypical content can strengthen them. As a secondary question, we also examined whether changes in stereotypes might also lead to changes in implicit math self-concept. Evidence for effects on implicit self-concept were not statistically significant., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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17. The misjudgment of men: Does pluralistic ignorance inhibit allyship?
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De Souza L and Schmader T
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- Engineering, Female, Humans, Intention, Male, Masculinity, Men, Sexism
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People are often reluctant to speak out publicly as allies to marginalized groups. We conducted three preregistered studies examining whether pluralistic ignorance (Miller & McFarland, 1991; Prentice, 2007; Prentice & Miller, 1993) inhibits allyship. We first hypothesized that, if men rarely enact allyship toward women (e.g., in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM] fields), people will underestimate men's beliefs that sexism is problematic. Second, these misperceptions might then predict men's (and women's) own inaction, despite their private beliefs about gender bias. Additionally, men with higher masculinity concerns might be particularly inhibited from enacting allyship by their belief that other men are unconcerned with gender bias. All three studies yielded evidence that men and women underestimate men's privately expressed concerns about gender bias in STEM contexts. In correlational analyses, Studies 1 and 2 also revealed that among men high in precarious masculinity concerns, the belief that other men do not see bias as a problem predicted lower allyship intentions, controlling for their own beliefs about gender bias. Although experimentally correcting these beliefs with data changed perceptions (Studies 2 and 3), this was insufficient to increase allyship. Rather, in an ecologically valid behavioral paradigm (Study 3), allyship behavior was elevated when participants observed others confronting versus not confronting sexism. These findings suggest that perceptions of men's average beliefs inhibit allyship intentions; however, merely correcting these misperceptions might not be enough to motivate actual confrontation. We discuss the implications of these findings for a pluralistic ignorance account of allyship inhibition and for practical interventions aimed at promoting allyship. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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18. The effect of gender stereotypes on young girls' intuitive number sense.
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Gonzalez AM, Odic D, Schmader T, Block K, and Baron AS
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- Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Aptitude, Gender Identity, Intuition, Mathematics, Stereotyping, Women psychology
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Despite the global importance of science, engineering, and math-related fields, women are consistently underrepresented in these areas. One source of this disparity is likely the prevalence of gender stereotypes that constrain girls' and women's math performance and interest. The current research explores the developmental roots of these effects by examining the impact of stereotypes on young girls' intuitive number sense, a universal skill that predicts later math ability. Across four studies, 762 children ages 3-6 were presented with a task measuring their Approximate Number System accuracy. Instructions given before the task varied by condition. In the two control conditions, the task was described to children either as a game or a test of eyesight ability. In the experimental condition, the task was described as a test of math ability and that researchers were interested in whether boys or girls were better at math and counting. Separately, we measured children's explicit beliefs about math and gender. Results conducted on the combined dataset indicated that while only a small number of girls in the sample had stereotypes associating math with boys, these girls performed significantly worse on a test of Approximate Number System accuracy when it was framed as a math test rather than a game or an eyesight test. These results provide novel evidence that for young girls who do endorse stereotypes about math and gender, contextual activation of these stereotypes may impair their intuitive number sense, potentially affecting their acquisition of formal mathematics concepts and developing interest in math-related fields., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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19. Mapping social exclusion in STEM to men's implicit bias and women's career costs.
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Cyr EN, Bergsieker HB, Dennehy TC, and Schmader T
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- Female, Humans, Male, Stereotyping, Bias, Implicit, Career Choice, Social Isolation
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Why are women socially excluded in fields dominated by men? Beyond the barriers associated with any minority group's mere numerical underrepresentation, we theorized that gender stereotypes exacerbate the social exclusion of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workplaces, with career consequences. Although widely discussed, clear evidence of these relationships remains elusive. In a sample of 1,247 STEM professionals who work in teams, we tested preregistered hypotheses that acts of gendered social exclusion are systematically associated with both men's gender stereotypes (Part 1) and negative workplace outcomes for women (Part 2). Combining social network metrics of inclusion and reaction time measures of implicit stereotypes (the tendency to "think STEM, think men"), this study provides unique empirical evidence of the chilly climate women often report experiencing in STEM. Men with stronger implicit gender stereotypes had fewer social ties to female teammates. In turn, women (but not men) with fewer incoming cross-gender social ties reported worse career fit and engagement. Moderated mediation revealed that for women (but not men), cross-gender social exclusion was linked to more negative workplace outcomes via lower social fit. Effects of social exclusion were distinct from respect. We discuss the possible benefits of fostering positive cross-gender social relationships to promote women's professional success in STEM., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest.
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20. The Future of Women in Psychological Science.
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Gruber J, Mendle J, Lindquist KA, Schmader T, Clark LA, Bliss-Moreau E, Akinola M, Atlas L, Barch DM, Barrett LF, Borelli JL, Brannon TN, Bunge SA, Campos B, Cantlon J, Carter R, Carter-Sowell AR, Chen S, Craske MG, Cuddy AJC, Crum A, Davachi L, Duckworth AL, Dutra SJ, Eisenberger NI, Ferguson M, Ford BQ, Fredrickson BL, Goodman SH, Gopnik A, Greenaway VP, Harkness KL, Hebl M, Heller W, Hooley J, Jampol L, Johnson SL, Joormann J, Kinzler KD, Kober H, Kring AM, Paluck EL, Lombrozo T, Lourenco SF, McRae K, Monin JK, Moskowitz JT, Natsuaki MN, Oettingen G, Pfeifer JH, Prause N, Saxbe D, Smith PK, Spellman BA, Sturm V, Teachman BA, Thompson RJ, Weinstock LM, and Williams LA
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- Female, Humans, Male, Psychological Theory, Gender Role, Psychology, Sexism prevention & control, Sexism trends, Social Sciences
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There has been extensive discussion about gender gaps in representation and career advancement in the sciences. However, psychological science itself has yet to be the focus of discussion or systematic review, despite our field's investment in questions of equity, status, well-being, gender bias, and gender disparities. In the present article, we consider 10 topics relevant for women's career advancement in psychological science. We focus on issues that have been the subject of empirical study, discuss relevant evidence within and outside of psychological science, and draw on established psychological theory and social-science research to begin to chart a path forward. We hope that better understanding of these issues within the field will shed light on areas of existing gender gaps in the discipline and areas where positive change has happened, and spark conversation within our field about how to create lasting change to mitigate remaining gender differences in psychological science.
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21. Psychological mediators of exercise adherence among older adults in a group-based randomized trial.
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Beauchamp MR, Liu Y, Dunlop WL, Ruissen GR, Schmader T, Harden SM, Wolf SA, Puterman E, Sheel AW, and Rhodes RE
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- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Attitude to Health, Exercise Therapy methods, Female, Health Promotion methods, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Physical Fitness psychology, Sedentary Behavior, Exercise psychology, Health Behavior, Patient Compliance psychology
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Objective: To examine the psychological mediators of exercise adherence among older adults in a group-based physical activity randomized controlled trial., Method: Older adults (≥65 years) were randomized to one of three conditions as part of the "GrOup-based physical Activity for oLder adults" (GOAL) randomized controlled trial. These included similar age same gender (SASG) and similar age mixed gender (SAMG) exercise programs that were informed by the tenets of self-categorization theory, and a "standard" mixed age mixed gender (MAMG) exercise program. Participants represented a subgroup (n = 483, Mage = 71.41 years) from the larger trial (n = 627) who completed measures of the trial's putative psychological mediators (i.e., group cohesion and affective attitudes) over the course of the 24-week exercise programs., Results: Piecewise latent growth modeling revealed different trajectories between participants in the two intervention conditions (SASG, SAMG) when compared with the comparison MAMG condition with regard to perceptions of group cohesion and affective attitudes. Results of subsequent cross-lagged panel modeling revealed that better program adherence in the two intervention conditions, when compared with the referent MAMG condition, was mediated by perceptions of group cohesion., Conclusions: The findings provide insight into how the two intervention programs differentially strengthened perceptions of group cohesion and affective attitudes over time. Consistent with self-categorization theory, the results also shed light on the role of group cohesion, in particular, as a psychological mechanism of action to promote older adults' exercise adherence behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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22. Effects of Group-Based Exercise on Flourishing and Stigma Consciousness among Older Adults: Findings from a Randomised Controlled Trial.
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Ruissen GR, Liu Y, Schmader T, Lubans DR, Harden SM, Wolf SA, Rhodes RE, Dunlop WL, Puterman E, Zumbo BD, and Beauchamp MR
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Male, Psychological Theory, Treatment Outcome, Ageism psychology, Aging psychology, Exercise Therapy psychology, Group Processes, Self Concept, Sexism psychology, Social Stigma
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Background: To examine the extent to which group-based exercise programs, informed by self-categorisation theory, result in improvements in psychological flourishing and reductions in age- and gender-related stigma consciousness among older adults., Methods: In the study, older adults (N = 485, ≥ 65 years) were randomised to similar age same gender (SASG), similar age mixed gender (SAMG), or "standard" mixed age mixed gender (MAMG) group-based exercise programs. Flourishing and stigma consciousness were assessed on six occasions during the 24-week intervention and represented secondary trial outcomes. Multilevel growth models examined the effects of the interventions on flourishing and stigma consciousness over time., Results: Participants in the SASG and SAMG conditions demonstrated, on average, higher levels of flourishing, relative to the MAMG condition, over the course of the 24 weeks (p < .05). Additionally, participants demonstrated lower levels of age- and gender-related stigma consciousness in both the SASG and SAMG conditions relative to the MAMG condition (p < .05). No time by group interaction effects were observed for either flourishing or stigma consciousness., Conclusions: The results provide some support for the utility of group exercise programs, informed by self-categorisation theory, to enhance psychological flourishing and reduce stigma consciousness among older adults., (© 2020 The International Association of Applied Psychology.)
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- 2020
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23. Committees with implicit biases promote fewer women when they do not believe gender bias exists.
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Régner I, Thinus-Blanc C, Netter A, Schmader T, and Huguet P
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- Adult, Awareness, Career Mobility, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Decision Making, Natural Science Disciplines, Personnel Management, Sexism, Social Sciences
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Whether gender bias contributes to women's under-representation in scientific fields is still controversial. Past research is limited by relying on explicit questionnaire ratings in mock-hiring scenarios, thereby ignoring the potential role of implicit gender bias in the real world. We examine the interactive effect of explicit and implicit gender biases on promotion decisions made by scientific evaluation committees representing the whole scientific spectrum in the course of an annual nationwide competition for elite research positions. Findings reveal that committees with strong implicit gender biases promoted fewer women at year 2 (when committees were not reminded of the study) relative to year 1 (when the study was announced) if those committees did not explicitly believe that external barriers hold women back. When committees believed that women face external barriers, implicit biases did not predict selecting more men over women. This finding highlights the importance of educating evaluative committees about gender biases.
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24. Life in the Balance: Are Women's Possible Selves Constrained by Men's Domestic Involvement?
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Croft A, Schmader T, and Block K
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- Adolescent, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Stereotyping, Work-Life Balance, Young Adult, Family Characteristics, Gender Identity, Marriage, Self Concept
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Do young women's expectations about potential romantic partners' likelihood of adopting caregiving roles in the future contribute to whether they imagine themselves in nontraditional future roles? Meta-analyzed effect sizes of five experiments (total N = 645) supported this complementarity hypothesis. Women who were primed with family-focused (vs. career-focused) male exemplars (Preliminary Study) or information that men are rapidly (vs. slowly) assuming greater caregiving responsibilities (Studies 1-4) were more likely to envision becoming the primary economic provider and less likely to envision becoming the primary caregiver of their future families. A meta-analysis across studies revealed that gender role complementarity has a small-to-medium effect on both women's abstract expectations of becoming the primary economic provider ( d = .27) and the primary caregiver ( d = -.26). These patterns suggest that women's stereotypes about men's stagnant or changing gender roles might subtly constrain women's own expected work and family roles.
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25. Early Gender Differences in Core Values Predict Anticipated Family Versus Career Orientation.
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Block K, Gonzalez AM, Schmader T, and Baron AS
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- Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Personal Construct Theory, Sex Factors, Career Choice, Child Development, Family, Gender Identity, Social Adjustment
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Communion and agency are often described as core human values. In adults, these values predict gendered role preferences. Yet little work has examined the extent to which young boys and girls explicitly endorse communal and agentic values and whether early gender differences in values predict boys' and girls' different role expectations. In a sample of 411 children between the ages of 6 and 14 years, we found consistent gender differences in endorsement of communal and agentic values. Across this age range, boys endorsed communal values less and agentic values more than did girls. Moreover, gender differences in values partially accounted for boys' relatively lower family versus career orientation, predicting their orientation over and above gender identification and parent reports of children's gender expression. These findings suggest that gender differences in core values emerge surprisingly early in development and predict children's expectations well before they make decisions about adopting adult roles in their own families.
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26. Climate control: The relationship between social identity threat and cues to an identity-safe culture.
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Hall W, Schmader T, Aday A, Inness M, and Croft E
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Science, Young Adult, Engineering, Mathematics, Prejudice, Social Identification, Technology, Women
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Social identity threat has been proposed as a key contributor to the underrepresentation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), but little research has sought to pinpoint naturally occurring contextual predictors of identity threat for women already training or working in STEM. The focus of the present research was to examine how cues to an identity-safe culture predict more or less positive interactions between men and women in STEM in ways that may trigger or minimize women's daily experience of social identity threat. Specifically, we examined the role of inclusive organizational policies and/or greater female representation as 2 identity safety cues. In 2 daily diary studies of working engineers' experiences, and in an experiment with undergraduate engineering students, we tested a model whereby cues to identity safety predict lower social identity threat for women in STEM, as mediated by having (or expecting to have) more positive interactions with male (but not female) colleagues. Results across each study and an internal meta-analysis of overall effects revealed that female engineers' actual and anticipated daily experience of social identity threat was lower in organizations perceived to have more gender-inclusive policies (but was not consistently predicted by gender representation). The link between gender-inclusive policies and lower social identity threat was mediated by women having (or expecting to have) more positive conversations with male (and not female) colleagues, and was only found for women and not men. The implications for reducing social identity threat in naturalistic settings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record, ((c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).)
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27. Worth Less?: Why Men (and Women) Devalue Care-Oriented Careers.
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Block K, Croft A, and Schmader T
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In the present research, we applied a goal-congruity perspective - the proposition that men and women seek out roles that afford their internalized values (Diekman et al., 2017) - to better understand the degree to which careers in healthcare, early education, and domestic roles (HEED; Croft et al., 2015) are devalued in society. Our first goal was to test the hypothesis that men, relative to women, are less interested in pursuing HEED careers in part because they are less likely than women to endorse communal values. A second, more novel goal was to extend goal congruity theory to examine whether gender differences in communal values also predict the belief that HEED careers add worth to society and are deserving of higher salaries. In three studies of undergraduate students (total N = 979), we tested the predictive role of communal values (i.e., a focus on caring for others), as distinct from agentic values (i.e., a focus on status, competition, and wealth; Bakan, 1966). Consistent with goal congruity theory, Studies 1 and 2 revealed that men's lower interest in adopting HEED careers, such as nursing and elementary education, was partially mediated by men's (compared to women's) lower communal values. Extending the theory, all three studies also documented a general tendency to see HEED as having relatively lower worth to society compared to STEM careers. As expected, communal values predicted perceiving higher societal worth in HEED careers, as well as supporting increases in HEED salaries. Thus, gender differences in communal values accounted for men's (compared to women's) tendency to perceive HEED careers as having less societal worth and less deserving of salary increases. In turn, gender differences in perceived societal worth of HEED itself predicted men's relatively lower interest in pursuing HEED careers. In no instance, did agentic values better explain the gender difference in HEED interest or perceived worth. These findings have important implications for how we understand the value that society places on occupations typically occupied by women versus men.
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28. Uncovering Pluralistic Ignorance to Change Men's Communal Self-descriptions, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions.
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Van Grootel S, Van Laar C, Meeussen L, Schmader T, and Sczesny S
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Gender norms can lead men to shy away from traditionally female roles and occupations in communal HEED domains (Healthcare, Early Education, Domestic sphere) that do not fit within the social construct of masculinity. But to what extent do men underestimate the degree to which other men are accepting of men in these domains? Building on research related to social norms and pluralistic ignorance, the current work investigated whether men exhibit increased communal orientations when presented with the true norms regarding men's communal traits and behaviors vs. their perceived faulty norms. Study 1 ( N = 64) revealed that young Belgian men indeed perceive their peers to hold more traditional norms regarding communal and agentic traits than their peers actually hold. Study 2 ( N = 319) presented young Belgian men with altered norms to manipulate exposure to men's actual normative beliefs (i.e., what men truly think), their perceived norms (i.e., what men believe other men think), or a no information control. When men were presented with actual rather than perceived norms, they altered their own self-descriptions, future behavioral intentions, and broader gender-related social attitudes in a more communal direction. In particular, men who were presented with information about men's actual beliefs regarding the compatibility between communal and agentic traits exhibited the strongest movement toward a more communal orientation. The findings show that participants in conditions that uncover pluralistic ignorance adapted their attitudes and behaviors to be more in line with the actual norm: adopting a more communal self-concept, having lower intentions to hide future communal engagement, and supporting more progressive gender-related social change. The results are discussed in terms of influences of norms on men's communal orientations and broader attitudes toward gender-related social change, and the down-stream implications for increased gender-equality in HEED domains where men remain highly underrepresented.
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29. State Authenticity as Fit to Environment: The Implications of Social Identity for Fit, Authenticity, and Self-Segregation.
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Schmader T and Sedikides C
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- Cognition, Humans, Models, Psychological, Personality, Motivation, Self Concept, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Social Identification, Social Segregation
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People seek out situations that "fit," but the concept of fit is not well understood. We introduce State Authenticity as Fit to the Environment (SAFE), a conceptual framework for understanding how social identities motivate the situations that people approach or avoid. Drawing from but expanding the authenticity literature, we first outline three types of person-environment fit: self-concept fit, goal fit, and social fit. Each type of fit, we argue, facilitates cognitive fluency, motivational fluency, and social fluency that promote state authenticity and drive approach or avoidance behaviors. Using this model, we assert that contexts subtly signal social identities in ways that implicate each type of fit, eliciting state authenticity for advantaged groups but state inauthenticity for disadvantaged groups. Given that people strive to be authentic, these processes cascade down to self-segregation among social groups, reinforcing social inequalities. We conclude by mapping out directions for research on relevant mechanisms and boundary conditions.
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30. Group-based physical activity for older adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: Exercise adherence outcomes.
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Beauchamp MR, Ruissen GR, Dunlop WL, Estabrooks PA, Harden SM, Wolf SA, Liu Y, Schmader T, Puterman E, Sheel AW, and Rhodes RE
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Goals, Humans, Male, Research Design, Exercise psychology, Exercise Therapy methods
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Background: Despite the health benefits of regular physical activity, across the globe older adults represent the least active section of society., Purpose: The GrOup-based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) trial was a three-arm parallel randomized controlled trial (RCT) that was designed to test the efficacy of two group-based exercise programs for older adults, informed by self-categorization theory (SCT), in comparison to a standard group-based exercise program., Methods: RCT conducted in Greater Vancouver, Canada, enrolled 627 older adults (Mage = 71.57 years, SD = 5.41; 71.0% female). Participants were randomized to similar age same gender (SASG), similar age mixed gender (SAMG), or 'standard' mixed age mixed gender (MAMG) exercise group conditions. In addition to group composition, the intervention programs operationalized principles from SCT designed to foster a sense of social connectedness among participants. The primary outcome of the trial was exercise adherence behavior over 12 and 24 weeks., Results: Analyses of variance revealed that older adults randomized to the SAMG (12-weeks d = .51, p < .001; 24-weeks d = .47, p < .001) and SASG (12-weeks d = .28, p = .012; 24-weeks d = .29, p = .016) conditions adhered to a greater extent than those in the MAMG comparison condition. There were no significant differences between the SAMG and SASG conditions., Conclusions: The results provide support for the efficacy of group-based physical activity programs informed by SCT. Furthermore, the results suggest that community group-based exercise programs should attempt to engage in age-targeting but not necessarily gender-targeting among older adults. (PsycINFO Database Record, ((c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).)
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31. Psychosocial predictors of changes in adolescent girls' physical activity and dietary behaviors over the course of the Go Girls! group-based mentoring program.
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Dowd AJ, Chen MY, Schmader T, Jung ME, Zumbo BD, and Beauchamp MR
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- Adolescent, Attitude to Health, Child, Diet, Healthy psychology, Female, Humans, Intention, Psychology, Self Efficacy, Self-Control psychology, Diet psychology, Exercise psychology, Mentoring methods
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Changes in social cognitions targeted within a group-based mentoring program for adolescent girls were examined as predictors of changes in physical activity (PA) and dietary behavior (in two separate models) over the course of the 7-week program. Data were collected from 310 participants who participated in the program. Multilevel path models were used to assess changes in psychosocial variables predicting changes in behavioral outcomes from pre- to post-program. Analyses revealed that 24.4 and 12.3% of the variance in increases in PA and dietary behavior, respectively, was explained by increases in affective and instrumental attitudes, self-regulatory efficacy (SRE), and intentions. Increases in intentions partially mediated the effects of increases in SRE and affective attitudes on increases in PA behavior. In relation to improvements in dietary behavior, increases in intentions and SRE directly predicted improvements in dietary behavior. These findings suggest potential psychological mechanisms through which a group-based mentoring program may lead to changes in adolescent girls' health-enhancing PA and dietary behaviors., (© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2016
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32. An underexamined inequality: cultural and psychological barriers to men's engagement with communal roles.
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Croft A, Schmader T, and Block K
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- Female, Humans, Male, Social Behavior, Stereotyping, Culture, Gender Identity, Men psychology
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Social psychological research has sought to understand and mitigate the psychological barriers that block women's interest, performance, and advancement in male-dominated, agentic roles (e.g., science, technology, engineering, and math). Research has not, however, correspondingly examined men's underrepresentation in communal roles, traditionally occupied by women (e.g., careers in health care, early childhood education, and domestic roles including child care). In this article, we seek to provide a roadmap for research on this underexamined inequality by (a) outlining the benefits of increasing men's representation in communal roles; (b) reviewing cultural, evolutionary, and historical perspectives on the asymmetry in status assigned to men's and women's roles; and (c) articulating the role of gender stereotypes in creating social and psychological barriers to men's interest and inclusion in communal roles. We argue that promoting equal opportunities for both women and men requires a better understanding of the psychological barriers to men's involvement in communal roles., (© 2015 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.)
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33. Spontaneous default mode network phase-locking moderates performance perceptions under stereotype threat.
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Forbes CE, Leitner JB, Duran-Jordan K, Magerman AB, Schmader T, and Allen JJ
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- Black or African American psychology, Alpha Rhythm, Electroencephalography, Female, Gyrus Cinguli physiology, Hispanic or Latino psychology, Humans, Intelligence, Learning, Male, Minority Groups, Parietal Lobe physiology, Prefrontal Cortex physiology, Theta Rhythm, White People psychology, Nerve Net physiology, Prejudice psychology, Psychomotor Performance physiology, Self Concept, Stereotyping
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This study assessed whether individual differences in self-oriented neural processing were associated with performance perceptions of minority students under stereotype threat. Resting electroencephalographic activity recorded in white and minority participants was used to predict later estimates of task errors and self-doubt on a presumed measure of intelligence. We assessed spontaneous phase-locking between dipole sources in left lateral parietal cortex (LPC), precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex (P/PCC), and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC); three regions of the default mode network (DMN) that are integral for self-oriented processing. Results revealed that minorities with greater LPC-P/PCC phase-locking in the theta band reported more accurate error estimations. All individuals experienced less self-doubt to the extent they exhibited greater LPC-MPFC phase-locking in the alpha band but this effect was driven by minorities. Minorities also reported more self-doubt to the extent they overestimated errors. Findings reveal novel neural moderators of stereotype threat effects on subjective experience. Spontaneous synchronization between DMN regions may play a role in anticipatory coping mechanisms that buffer individuals from stereotype threat., (© The Author (2014). Published by Oxford University Press. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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34. GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol.
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Beauchamp MR, Harden SM, Wolf SA, Rhodes RE, Liu Y, Dunlop WL, Schmader T, Sheel AW, Zumbo BD, and Estabrooks PA
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- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Canada, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Physical Fitness, Research Design, Exercise, Exercise Therapy methods, Health Behavior, Health Promotion methods, Muscle Strength physiology
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Background: Physical activity has health benefits across the lifespan, yet only 13 % of Canadian older adults are sufficiently active. Results from a number of observational studies indicate that adults display positive preferences for exercising with others of a similar age and same gender, and that intra-group age- and gender-similarity are associated with elevated exercise adherence. However, research has yet to experimentally examine the extent to which intra-group age- and gender-related similarity affect exercise adherence behaviors., Methods/design: The GrOup-based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) trial is a three-arm randomized control trial that will examine the efficacy of two different group-based exercise programs for older adults (informed by the tenets of self-categorization theory) in relation to a standard group-based exercise program. Within this manuscript we outline the design and proposed evaluation of the GOAL trial. The first arm is comprised of exercise groups made up of participants of a similar-age and of the same gender; the second arm consists of groups with similar-aged mixed gender participants; the control arm is comprised of mixed-aged mixed gender participants. We aim to compare the adherence rates of participants across conditions, as well as potential moderation effects and mediating mechanisms., Discussion: Results from this trial will inform intervention designs to improve the exercise adherence behaviors of older adult. At a systems-level, should support be derived for the efficacy of the interventions tested in this trial, changing group composition (i.e., age, gender) represents a feasible program adaptation for physical activity centers., Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT02023632 . Registered December 13, 2013.
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35. Distracted by the Unthought - Suppression and Reappraisal of Mind Wandering under Stereotype Threat.
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Schuster C, Martiny SE, and Schmader T
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- Cognition, Female, Humans, Sexism psychology, Young Adult, Attention, Learning, Mathematics education, Stereotyping, Task Performance and Analysis
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Previous research has found that subtle reminders of negative stereotypes about one's group can lead individuals to underperform on stereotype-relevant tests (e.g., women in math, ethnic minorities on intelligence tests). This so called stereotype threat effect can contribute to systematic group differences in performance that can obscure the true abilities of certain social groups and thereby sustain social inequalities. In the present study, we examined processes underlying stereotype threat effects on women's math performance, specifically focusing on the role of suppression of mind wandering (i.e., task-irrelevant thinking) in stereotype threat (ST) and no threat (NT) situations. Based on a process model of stereotype threat effects on performance, we hypothesized that women under stereotype threat spontaneously suppress mind wandering, and that this suppression impairs performance. An alternative regulation strategy that prevents suppression (i.e., reappraising task-irrelevant thoughts as normal) was predicted to prevent stereotype threat effects on performance. We manipulated stereotype threat (ST vs. NT) and cognitive regulation strategy (suppression, reappraisal, or no strategy) and measured women's performance on a math and a concentration task (N = 113). We expected three groups to perform relatively more poorly: Those in ST with either no strategy or suppression and those in NT with a suppression strategy. We tested the performance of these groups against the remaining three groups hypothesized to perform relatively better: those in NT with no strategy or reappraisal and those in ST with reappraisal. The results showed the expected pattern for participants' math performance, but not for concentration achievement. This pattern suggests that ineffective self-regulation by suppressing mind wandering can at least partly explain stereotype threat effects on performance, whereas a reappraisal strategy can prevent this impairment. We discuss implications for the understanding of processes underlying stereotype threat effects and the benefits of reappraising subjective experience under threat.
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36. Shame and the motivation to change the self.
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Lickel B, Kushlev K, Savalei V, Matta S, and Schmader T
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- Emotions, Female, Guilt, Humans, Male, Young Adult, Motivation, Self Concept, Shame
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A central question of human psychology is whether and when people change for the better. Although it has long been assumed that emotion plays a central role in self-regulation, the role of specific emotions in motivating a desire for self-change has been largely ignored. We report 2 studies examining people's lived experiences of self-conscious emotions, particularly shame, in motivating a desire for self-change. Study 1 revealed that when participants recalled experiences of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, shame-and, to some degree, guilt-predicted a motivation for self-change. Study 2 compared shame, guilt, and regret for events and found that although shame experiences often involved high levels of both regret and guilt, it was feelings of shame that uniquely predicted a desire for self-change, whereas regret predicted an interest in mentally undoing the past and repairing harm done. Implications for motivating behavior change are discussed.
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- 2014
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37. The second shift reflected in the second generation: do parents' gender roles at home predict children's aspirations?
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Croft A, Schmader T, Block K, and Baron AS
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- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occupations, Regression Analysis, Social Values, Aspirations, Psychological, Child Development, Gender Identity, Parent-Child Relations, Parents psychology
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Gender inequality at home continues to constrain gender equality at work. How do the gender disparities in domestic labor that children observe between their parents predict those children's visions for their future roles? The present research examined how parents' behaviors and implicit associations concerning domestic roles, over and above their explicit beliefs, predict their children's future aspirations. Data from 326 children aged 7 to 13 years revealed that mothers' explicit beliefs about domestic gender roles predicted the beliefs held by their children. In addition, when fathers enacted or espoused a more egalitarian distribution of household labor, their daughters in particular expressed a greater interest in working outside the home and having a less stereotypical occupation. Fathers' implicit gender-role associations also uniquely predicted daughters' (but not sons') occupational preferences. These findings suggest that a more balanced division of household labor between parents might promote greater workforce equality in future generations., (© The Author(s) 2014.)
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- 2014
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38. Effects of social belonging and task framing on exercise cognitions and behavior.
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Dowd AJ, Schmader T, Sylvester BD, Jung ME, Zumbo BD, Martin LJ, and Beauchamp MR
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- Adolescent, Adult, Attitude to Health, Exercise physiology, Female, Humans, Intention, Loneliness psychology, Male, Self Efficacy, Students psychology, Young Adult, Cognition physiology, Exercise psychology, Health Behavior, Psychological Distance, Social Isolation psychology
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The objective of the studies presented in this paper was to examine whether the need to belong can be used to enhance exercise cognitions and behavior. Two studies examined the effectiveness of framing exercise as a means of boosting social skills (versus health benefits) for self-regulatory efficacy, exercise intentions, and (in Study 2) exercise behavior. In Study 1, inactive adults primed to feel a lack of social belonging revealed that this manipulation led to greater self-regulatory efficacy (but not exercise intentions). In Study 2, involving a sample of inactive lonely adults, all participants reported engaging in more exercise; however, those in the social skills condition also reported a greater sense of belonging than those in the health benefits comparison condition. These findings provide an important basis for developing physical activity interventions that might be particularly relevant for people at risk for feeling socially isolated or lonely.
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39. For the overweight, is proximity to in-shape, normal-weight exercisers a deterrent or an attractor? An examination of contextual preferences.
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Dunlop WL and Schmader T
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- Adult, Anxiety psychology, Female, Humans, Male, Program Development, Body Image psychology, Body Weight, Exercise psychology, Overweight psychology, Physical Fitness psychology, Social Environment
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Background: For the overweight, is the thought of exercising in close proximity to physically fit, normal-weight individuals a deterrent or an attractor? Efforts to address this question stand to inform future intervention-based research., Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine whether overweight individuals possess a preference for exercising alongside similarly overweight (relative to in-shape, normalweight) persons., Methods: Relying upon an experimental paradigm, American participants evaluated one of four exercise contexts and completed a measure of social physique anxiety., Results: Overweight participants high in social physique anxiety exhibited a preference for exercise contexts comprised of other overweight individuals whereas overweight participants low in physique anxiety exhibited a preference for contexts comprised of in-shape, normal-weight individuals. A relative preference for social contexts among normal-weight participants was not observed., Conclusions: These findings suggest that the provision of group-based programs designed exclusively for the overweight may be appropriate for overweight individuals anxious about the evaluation of their physique. These results also suggest that such programs may conflict with the preferences of overweight persons with a low degree of social physique anxiety. Thus, for the overweight (but not the normal-weight), exercising in close proximity to in-shape, normal-weight individuals can be both a deterrent and an attractor.
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- 2014
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40. Effect of delayed anthrax vaccine dose on Bacillus anthracis protective antigen IgG response and lethal toxin neutralization activity.
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Pittman PR, Fisher D, Quinn X, Schmader T, and Barrera-Oro JG
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- Adult, Anthrax prevention & control, Anthrax Vaccines administration & dosage, Antibody Formation, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Humans, Immunization Schedule, Immunization, Secondary, Immunoglobulin G immunology, Male, Middle Aged, Neutralization Tests, Young Adult, Anthrax immunology, Anthrax Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Bacterial immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Antigens, Bacterial immunology, Bacterial Toxins immunology
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We describe the Bacillus anthracis protective antigen IgG antibody response and the B. anthracis lethal toxin neutralization activity to a delayed dose of anthrax vaccine adsorbed (AVA, BioThrax(®)) using validated assays. 373 individuals received 1, 2, or 3 priming doses, 18-24 months afterward, they received a delayed dose of AVA. Overall, 23.6% of subjects showed detectable anti-PA IgG before the boost, compared to 99.2% (P<0.0001) 28 days after the boost. Geometric mean anti-PA IgG concentration (GMC) was 1.66 μg/mL before and 887.82 μg/mL after the boost (P<0.0001). The proportion of individuals with four-fold increase in GMC following the boost ranged from 93.8% to 100%. Robust anti-PA IgG levels and B. anthracis lethal toxin neutralization activity are induced when an AVA dose is delayed as long as two years. These data support continuing with the vaccination schedule when a dose is delayed as long as two years rather than restarting the series., (Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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41. L'eggo My Ego: Reducing the Gender Gap in Math by Unlinking the Self from Performance.
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Zhang S, Schmader T, and Hall WM
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Stereotype threat can vary in source, with targets being threatened at the individual and/or group level. This study examines specifically the role of self-reputational threat in women's underperformance in mathematics. A pilot study shows that women report concerns about experiencing self-reputational threat that are distinct from group threat in the domain of mathematics. In the main study, we manipulated whether performance was linked to the self by asking both men and women to complete a math test using either their real name or a fictitious name. Women who used a fictitious name, and thus had their self unlinked from the math test, showed significantly higher math performance and reported less self-threat and distraction, relative to those who used their real names. Men were unaffected by the manipulation. These findings suggest that women's impaired math performance is often due to the threat of confirming a negative stereotype as being true of the self. The implications for understanding the different types of threats faced by stereotyped groups, particularly among women in math settings, are discussed.
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- 2013
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42. Negative stereotype activation alters interaction between neural correlates of arousal, inhibition and cognitive control.
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Forbes CE, Cox CL, Schmader T, and Ryan L
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- Adolescent, Black or African American ethnology, Brain Mapping, Face physiology, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Male, Stereotyping, Young Adult, Arousal physiology, Brain physiology, Cognition physiology, Inhibition, Psychological, Pattern Recognition, Visual physiology
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Priming negative stereotypes of African Americans can bias perceptions toward novel Black targets, but less is known about how these perceptions ultimately arise. Examining how neural regions involved in arousal, inhibition and control covary when negative stereotypes are activated can provide insight into whether individuals attempt to downregulate biases. Using fMRI, White egalitarian-motivated participants were shown Black and White faces at fast (32 ms) or slow (525 ms) presentation speeds. To create a racially negative stereotypic context, participants listened to violent and misogynistic rap (VMR) in the background. No music (NM) and death metal (DM) were used as control conditions in separate blocks. Fast exposure of Black faces elicited amygdala activation in the NM and VMR conditions (but not DM), that also negatively covaried with activation in prefrontal regions. Only in VMR, however, did amygdala activation for Black faces persist during slow exposure and positively covary with activation in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex while negatively covarying with activation in orbitofrontal cortex. Findings suggest that contexts that prime negative racial stereotypes seem to hinder the downregulation of amygdala activation that typically occurs when egalitarian perceivers are exposed to Black faces.
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- 2012
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43. Retraining attitudes and stereotypes to affect motivation and cognitive capacity under stereotype threat.
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Forbes CE and Schmader T
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- Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Mathematics education, Memory, Short-Term, Models, Psychological, Psychological Tests, Sex Factors, Attitude, Motivation, Stereotyping
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In a series of experiments, a retraining paradigm was used to test the effects of attitudes and stereotypes on individuals' motivation and cognitive capacity in stereotype-threatening contexts. Women trained to have a more positive math attitude exhibited increased math motivation (Study 1). This effect was not observed for men but was magnified among women when negative stereotypes were either primed subtly (Study 2) or indirectly reinforced (Study 3). Although attitudes had no effect on working memory capacity, women retrained to associate their gender with being good at math exhibited increased working memory capacity (Studies 3 and 4), which in turn mediated increased math performance (Study 4) in a stereotype-threatening context. Results suggest that although positive attitudes can motivate stigmatized individuals to engage with threatening domains, stereotypes need to be retrained to give them the cognitive capacity critical for success. Implications for interventions to reduce stereotype threat are discussed.
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44. Smearing the opposition: implicit and explicit stigmatization of the 2008 U.S. Presidential candidates and the current U.S. President.
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Kosloff S, Greenberg J, Schmader T, Dechesne M, and Weise D
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- Analysis of Variance, Cognition physiology, Cues, Female, Group Processes, Humans, Male, Motivation physiology, Prejudice, Reaction Time physiology, Students psychology, United States, Young Adult, Politics, Propaganda, Stereotyping
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Four studies investigated whether political allegiance and salience of outgroup membership contribute to the phenomenon of acceptance of false, stigmatizing information (smears) about political candidates. Studies 1-3 were conducted in the month prior to the 2008 U.S. Presidential election and together demonstrated that pre-standing opposition to John McCain or Barack Obama, as well as the situational salience of differentiating social categories (i.e., for Obama, race; for McCain, age), contributed to the implicit activation and explicit endorsement of smearing labels (i.e., Obama is Muslim; McCain is senile). The influence of salient differentiating categories on smear acceptance was particularly pronounced among politically undecided individuals. Study 4 clarified that social category differences heighten smear acceptance, even if the salient category is semantically unrelated to the smearing label, showing that, approximately 1 year after the election, the salience of race amplified belief that Obama is a socialist among undecided people and McCain supporters. Taken together, these findings suggest that, at both implicit and explicit cognitive levels, social category differences and political allegiance contribute to acceptance of smears against political candidates., (2010 APA, all rights reserved)
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- 2010
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45. Turning the knots in your stomach into bows: Reappraising arousal improves performance on the GRE.
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Jamieson JP, Mendes WB, Blackstock E, and Schmader T
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This research examined the benefits of interpreting physiological arousal as a challenge response on practice and actual Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Participants who were preparing to take the GRE reported to the laboratory for a practice GRE study. Participants assigned to a reappraisal condition were told arousal improves performance, whereas control participants were not given this information. We collected saliva samples at baseline and after the appraisal manipulation, which were then assayed for salivary alpha amylase (sAA), a measure of sympathetic nervous system activation. Reappraisal participants exhibited a significant increase in sAA and outperformed controls on the GRE-math section. One to three months later, participants returned to the lab and provided their score reports from their actual GRE. Again, reappraisal participants scored higher than controls on the GRE-math section. These findings illuminate the powerful influence appraisal has on physiology and performance both in and out of the laboratory.
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- 2010
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46. A metacognitive perspective on the cognitive deficits experienced in intellectually threatening environments.
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Schmader T, Forbes CE, Zhang S, and Mendes WB
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- Anxiety physiopathology, Cognition Disorders physiopathology, Emotions physiology, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Individuality, Male, Memory, Short-Term physiology, Saliva chemistry, Social Perception, alpha-Amylases blood, Anxiety psychology, Arousal physiology, Cognition Disorders psychology, Culture, Intelligence Tests, Minority Groups psychology, Problem Solving physiology, Self Concept, Stereotyping, White People psychology
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Three studies tested the hypothesis that negative metacognitive interpretations of anxious arousal under stereotype threat create cognitive deficits in intellectually threatening environments. Study 1 showed that among minority and White undergraduates, anxiety about an intelligence test predicted lower working memory when participants were primed with doubt as compared to confidence. Study 2 replicated this pattern with women and showed it to be unique to intellectually threatening environments. Study 3 used emotional reappraisal as an individual difference measure of the tendency to metacognitively reinterpret negative emotions and found that when sympathetic activation was high (indexed by salivary alpha-amylase), women who tended to reappraise negative feelings performed better in math and felt less self-doubt than those low in reappraisal. Overall, findings highlight how metacognitive interpretations of affect can undermine cognitive efficiency under stereotype threat and offer implications for the situational and individual difference variables that buffer people from these effects.
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- 2009
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47. Stereotype threat and executive resource depletion: examining the influence of emotion regulation.
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Johns M, Inzlicht M, and Schmader T
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- Achievement, Adaptation, Psychological, Anxiety psychology, Aptitude, Awareness, Culture, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Mathematics, Memory, Short-Term, Reaction Time, Verbal Learning, Attention, Cues, Emotions, Problem Solving, Stereotyping
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Research shows that stereotype threat reduces performance by diminishing executive resources, but less is known about the psychological processes responsible for these impairments. The authors tested the idea that targets of stereotype threat try to regulate their emotions and that this regulation depletes executive resources, resulting in underperformance. Across 4 experiments, they provide converging evidence that targets of stereotype threat spontaneously attempt to control their expression of anxiety and that such emotion regulation depletes executive resources needed to perform well on tests of cognitive ability. They also demonstrate that providing threatened individuals with a means to effectively cope with negative emotions--by reappraising the situation or the meaning of their anxiety--can restore executive resources and improve test performance. They discuss these results within the framework of an integrated process model of stereotype threat, in which affective and cognitive processes interact to undermine performance.
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- 2008
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48. The role of devaluing and discounting in performance monitoring: a neurophysiological study of minorities under threat.
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Forbes CE, Schmader T, and Allen JJ
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- Adaptation, Psychological, Aggression, Gyrus Cinguli physiology, Humans, Intelligence, Motivation, Prejudice, Reaction Time physiology, Reference Values, Self Concept, Social Perception, Stress, Psychological physiopathology, Young Adult, Black or African American psychology, Defense Mechanisms, Evoked Potentials physiology, Hispanic or Latino psychology, Stress, Psychological psychology
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Psychological disengagement allows stigmatized individuals to cope with negative outcomes in stereotype-relevant domains, but its role in online performance monitoring and adjustment is unknown. This study examined how two forms of disengagement (devaluing and discounting) predict performance monitoring at an early (motivational) and later (interpretational) stage of error processing. Among minority college students, event-related brain activity was measured in response to errors on tasks described neutrally or as diagnostic of intelligence. Results found dissociable effects for error-related negativity (ERN) and later positivity (Pe). When the task was linked to intelligence, valuing academics predicted larger ERNs. Unexpectedly, discounting tendencies predicted smaller Pes when the task was described neutrally, a relationship that was attenuated and somewhat reversed when explicitly linking the task to intelligence. In the diagnostic condition, valuing also predicted more efficient behavioral responses to errors, whereas discounting predicted more negative task construals. Results suggest that among stereotype threatened minority students, devaluing has implications for early stage motivational processes involved in monitoring and responding to errors, whereas discounting may have implications for later construal processes.
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49. An integrated process model of stereotype threat effects on performance.
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Schmader T, Johns M, and Forbes C
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- Adaptation, Psychological, Aggression, Fear, Humans, Affect, Memory, Short-Term, Stereotyping
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Research showing that activation of negative stereotypes can impair the performance of stigmatized individuals on a wide variety of tasks has proliferated. However, a complete understanding of the processes underlying these stereotype threat effects on behavior is still lacking. The authors examine stereotype threat in the context of research on stress arousal, vigilance, working memory, and self-regulation to develop a process model of how negative stereotypes impair performance on cognitive and social tasks that require controlled processing, as well as sensorimotor tasks that require automatic processing. The authors argue that stereotype threat disrupts performance via 3 distinct, yet interrelated, mechanisms: (a) a physiological stress response that directly impairs prefrontal processing, (b) a tendency to actively monitor performance, and (c) efforts to suppress negative thoughts and emotions in the service of self-regulation. These mechanisms combine to consume executive resources needed to perform well on cognitive and social tasks. The active monitoring mechanism disrupts performance on sensorimotor tasks directly. Empirical evidence for these assertions is reviewed, and implications for interventions designed to alleviate stereotype threat are discussed.
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50. Killing begets killing: evidence from a bug-killing paradigm that initial killing fuels subsequent killing.
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Martens A, Kosloff S, Greenberg J, Landau MJ, and Schmader T
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- Aggression psychology, Animals, Arizona, Evidence-Based Medicine, Female, Humans, Male, Observation, Psychological Theory, Homicide psychology, Insecta, Violence psychology
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Killing appears to perpetuate itself even in the absence of retaliation. This phenomenon may occur in part as a means to justify prior killing and so ease the threat of prior killing. In addition, this effect should arise particularly when a killer perceives similarity to the victims because similarity should exacerbate threat from killing. To examine these ideas, the authors developed a bug-killing paradigm in which they manipulated the degree of initial bug killing in a "practice task" to observe the effects on subsequent self-paced killing during a timed "extermination task." In Studies 1 and 2, for participants reporting some similarity to bugs, inducing greater initial killing led to more subsequent self-paced killing. In Study 3, after greater initial killing, more subsequent self-paced killing led to more favorable affective change. Implications for understanding lethal human violence are discussed.
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- 2007
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