Stereotype Threat and Its Problems: Theory Misspecification in Research, Consequences, and Remedies

Autor/inn/en	Picho-Kiroga, Katherine; Turnbull, Ashley; Rodriguez-Leahy, Ariel
Titel	Stereotype Threat and Its Problems: Theory Misspecification in Research, Consequences, and Remedies
Quelle	In: Journal of Advanced Academics, 32 (2021) 2, S.231-264 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Picho-Kiroga, Katherine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-202X
DOI	10.1177/1932202X20986161
Schlagwörter	Theories; Research Methodology; Females; Sex Stereotypes; Sciences; Mathematics; Inferences; Social Psychology; Power Structure; Cultural Influences; Age Differences; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Geographic Regions; Adults; Children; Adolescents; STEM Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Theory; Theorie; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Weibliches Geschlecht; Science; Wissenschaft; Mathematik; Inference; Inferenz; Sozialpsychologie; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; STEM
Abstract	Despite the explosive growth in stereotype threat (ST) research over the decades, a substantive amount of variability in ST effects still cannot be explained by extant research. While some attribute this unexplained heterogeneity to yet unidentified ST mechanisms, we explored an alternate hypothesis that ST theory is often misspecified in experimental research design, which introduces experimental noise (and hence variability) in stereotype threat effects unlikely to be explained by extant moderators. This study used multilevel meta-analysis to examine the impact of ST misspecification in research design on ST outcomes. Results revealed that ST effects were artificially inflated in studies that failed to include essential conditions necessary for its occurrence. Because most studies in the meta-analysis had either excluded or partially included these conditions, findings from this study suggest that ST effects on women's performance might be smaller than previously reported in primary and secondary (meta-analytic) studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01