College students' perceptions of gender stereotypes

Making connections to the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5833103
AutoresKatrina Louise Piatek-Jimenez (0000-0001-6508-2260, Central Michigan University, autor de correspondencia), Jennifer Cribbs (0000-0001-8299-419X, Oklahoma State University), Nicole Gill (0000-0002-0633-2626, Central Michigan University)
Año2018
Volumen40
Número12
Páginas1432-1454
Fecha de publicación2018-06-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Science Education, Part B (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2154-8455 • E-ISSN: 2154-8463
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09500693.2018.1482027
OpenAlexW2805734523
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas58

In this study, we surveyed 499 college students at two different universities in the United States to determine what they believe are society's current stereotypes about male and female personality attributes. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, ANOVA, and regression. We found that college students do believe that certain personality attributes are stereotypically associated with males while others are stereotypically associated with females within society, and that the strength of these beliefs varied by gender, whether or not they planned to pursue a STEM career, and by parental education. In this paper, we report our findings and relate our results to career choice to better understand how stereotypes might be connected to the shortage of women in many STEM careers

Economic shortage · Rank (graph theory · Career Development and Diversity · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Science Education and Perceptions