Christa Nater
Biographic Data
| ID | 4606958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christa Nater |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christa |
| FAMILY NAME | Nater |
| SIGNATURE | NATER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4574-5669 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Misogynous messages in the media increase hostility to women: Evidence from a meta-analysis of 257 experimental and nonexperimental studies
0.27). Overall, this research showed that misogynous media content elicits demeaning attitudes and hostile behaviors directed toward women, thereby perpetuating the gender hierarchy defined by women's lower status in society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
How Women and Men Should (Not) Be: Gender Rules and Their Alignment With Status Beliefs Across Nations
Gender rules, that is, prescriptive and proscriptive gender stereotypes, dictate how women and men should and should not be, and thereby perpetuate the gender hierarchy that privileges men over women. Across seven nations that span the continuum of gender equality, we investigated gender status norms by identifying the extent to which gender rules correspond with social status beliefs. As expected, in all investigated nations, participants ( N = …
The Fragility of Scientific Knowledge: A Case Study on the Miscitation of Findings on Gender Stereotypes
Miscitation of research findings is a common problem as evidenced by 19% of citations in top psychology journals being in error (Cobb et al., American Psychologist, 79:299–311, 2024). Such errors interfere with the orderly cumulation of knowledge. Providing a case study, this research examines the citations of a recent and highly cited article on gender stereotypes (Eagly et al., American Psychologist, 75:301–315, 2020), which found that communio…
Beyond Being Beneficiaries: Two Mechanisms Explain Why Women Have More Favourable Attitudes Towards Gender Quotas Than Men
This research identified two mechanisms that explain gender differences in attitudes towards gender quotas. Using a multi‐method approach, we assessed attitudes as self‐reported support for gender quotas and rater‐coded valence of participants’ free associations with gender quotas. Study 1 examined quotas for university professorship positions ( N = 237) and Study 2 quotas for corporate leadership positions ( N = 587). Supporting the first mechan…
Creating a system that cares: A PRISMA review and road map to increase men’s representation in early childhood education and care
Careers in early childhood education and care (ECEC) are stereotypically perceived as the work of women, and men less often pursue them. Consequently, men are highly underrepresented in child care work worldwide, and when men work in ECEC, they are often treated as “other”—different from the feminine default. Yet, increasing men’s representation in ECEC would bring various benefits such as reducing the rigidity of gender roles across society, add…
Emphasizing the Communal Demands of a Leader Role Makes Job Interviews Less Stressful for Women But Not More Successful
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11199-024-01509-7
Footsteps I would like to follow? How gender quotas affect the acceptance of women leaders as role models and inspirations for leadership
This research examines how the method of selecting women leaders affects other women's leadership interest. The results of three experiments ( N = 1,015) indicated that only when women leaders were selected due to merit, not quota‐based policies, did they boost female participants’ interest in a leadership position. These reactions were mediated by perceptions of the woman leader's deservingness of her position (Studies 1–3) and consequent accept…
Sexual Aggression among Women and Men in an Iranian Sample: Prevalence and Correlates
This pre-registered study examined the prevalence and correlates of sexual aggression in a sample of 530 Iranians (322 women, 208 men) with a behaviorally specific questionnaire distinguishing between different coercive strategies, victim-perpetrator relationships, and sexual acts. Significantly more women (63.0%) than men (51.0%) experienced at least one incident of sexual aggression victimization since the age of 15 years, and significantly mor…
Gender stereotypes have changed: A cross-temporal meta-analysis of U.S. public opinion polls from 1946 to 2018.
Affirmative action policies in job advertisements for leadership positions: How they affect women's and men's inclination to apply
This research investigates how affirmative action policies in job advertisements for leadership positions affect women's and men's inclination to apply. Management students ( N = 389) received advertisements that differed in the strictness of announced gender policies: no statement, women explicitly invited to apply, preferential treatment of equally qualified women, or quota of 40% women. When women were treated preferentially, female participan…
How Women and Men Should (Not) Be: Gender Rules and Their Alignment With Status Beliefs Across Nations
Gender rules, that is, prescriptive and proscriptive gender stereotypes, dictate how women and men should and should not be, and thereby perpetuate the gender hierarchy that privileges men over women. Across seven nations that span the continuum of gender equality, we investigated gender status norms by identifying the extent to which gender rules correspond with social status beliefs. As expected, in all investigated nations, participants ( N = …
Footsteps I would like to follow? How gender quotas affect the acceptance of women leaders as role models and inspirations for leadership
This research examines how the method of selecting women leaders affects other women's leadership interest. The results of three experiments ( N = 1,015) indicated that only when women leaders were selected due to merit, not quota‐based policies, did they boost female participants’ interest in a leadership position. These reactions were mediated by perceptions of the woman leader's deservingness of her position (Studies 1–3) and consequent accept…
Affirmative action policies in job advertisements for leadership positions: How they affect women's and men's inclination to apply
This research investigates how affirmative action policies in job advertisements for leadership positions affect women's and men's inclination to apply. Management students ( N = 389) received advertisements that differed in the strictness of announced gender policies: no statement, women explicitly invited to apply, preferential treatment of equally qualified women, or quota of 40% women. When women were treated preferentially, female participan…
Beyond Being Beneficiaries: Two Mechanisms Explain Why Women Have More Favourable Attitudes Towards Gender Quotas Than Men
This research identified two mechanisms that explain gender differences in attitudes towards gender quotas. Using a multi‐method approach, we assessed attitudes as self‐reported support for gender quotas and rater‐coded valence of participants’ free associations with gender quotas. Study 1 examined quotas for university professorship positions ( N = 237) and Study 2 quotas for corporate leadership positions ( N = 587). Supporting the first mechan…
Sexual Aggression among Women and Men in an Iranian Sample: Prevalence and Correlates
This pre-registered study examined the prevalence and correlates of sexual aggression in a sample of 530 Iranians (322 women, 208 men) with a behaviorally specific questionnaire distinguishing between different coercive strategies, victim-perpetrator relationships, and sexual acts. Significantly more women (63.0%) than men (51.0%) experienced at least one incident of sexual aggression victimization since the age of 15 years, and significantly mor…
Affirmative action policies in job advertisements for leadership positions: How they affect women's and men's inclination to apply
This research investigates how affirmative action policies in job advertisements for leadership positions affect women's and men's inclination to apply. Management students ( N = 389) received advertisements that differed in the strictness of announced gender policies: no statement, women explicitly invited to apply, preferential treatment of equally qualified women, or quota of 40% women. When women were treated preferentially, female participan…
Gender stereotypes have changed: A cross-temporal meta-analysis of U.S. public opinion polls from 1946 to 2018.
Sexual Aggression among Women and Men in an Iranian Sample: Prevalence and Correlates
This pre-registered study examined the prevalence and correlates of sexual aggression in a sample of 530 Iranians (322 women, 208 men) with a behaviorally specific questionnaire distinguishing between different coercive strategies, victim-perpetrator relationships, and sexual acts. Significantly more women (63.0%) than men (51.0%) experienced at least one incident of sexual aggression victimization since the age of 15 years, and significantly mor…
Footsteps I would like to follow? How gender quotas affect the acceptance of women leaders as role models and inspirations for leadership
This research examines how the method of selecting women leaders affects other women's leadership interest. The results of three experiments ( N = 1,015) indicated that only when women leaders were selected due to merit, not quota‐based policies, did they boost female participants’ interest in a leadership position. These reactions were mediated by perceptions of the woman leader's deservingness of her position (Studies 1–3) and consequent accept…
Creating a system that cares: A PRISMA review and road map to increase men’s representation in early childhood education and care
Careers in early childhood education and care (ECEC) are stereotypically perceived as the work of women, and men less often pursue them. Consequently, men are highly underrepresented in child care work worldwide, and when men work in ECEC, they are often treated as “other”—different from the feminine default. Yet, increasing men’s representation in ECEC would bring various benefits such as reducing the rigidity of gender roles across society, add…
Emphasizing the Communal Demands of a Leader Role Makes Job Interviews Less Stressful for Women But Not More Successful
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11199-024-01509-7
How Women and Men Should (Not) Be: Gender Rules and Their Alignment With Status Beliefs Across Nations
Gender rules, that is, prescriptive and proscriptive gender stereotypes, dictate how women and men should and should not be, and thereby perpetuate the gender hierarchy that privileges men over women. Across seven nations that span the continuum of gender equality, we investigated gender status norms by identifying the extent to which gender rules correspond with social status beliefs. As expected, in all investigated nations, participants ( N = …
The Fragility of Scientific Knowledge: A Case Study on the Miscitation of Findings on Gender Stereotypes
Miscitation of research findings is a common problem as evidenced by 19% of citations in top psychology journals being in error (Cobb et al., American Psychologist, 79:299–311, 2024). Such errors interfere with the orderly cumulation of knowledge. Providing a case study, this research examines the citations of a recent and highly cited article on gender stereotypes (Eagly et al., American Psychologist, 75:301–315, 2020), which found that communio…
Beyond Being Beneficiaries: Two Mechanisms Explain Why Women Have More Favourable Attitudes Towards Gender Quotas Than Men
This research identified two mechanisms that explain gender differences in attitudes towards gender quotas. Using a multi‐method approach, we assessed attitudes as self‐reported support for gender quotas and rater‐coded valence of participants’ free associations with gender quotas. Study 1 examined quotas for university professorship positions ( N = 237) and Study 2 quotas for corporate leadership positions ( N = 587). Supporting the first mechan…
Misogynous messages in the media increase hostility to women: Evidence from a meta-analysis of 257 experimental and nonexperimental studies
0.27). Overall, this research showed that misogynous media content elicits demeaning attitudes and hostile behaviors directed toward women, thereby perpetuating the gender hierarchy defined by women's lower status in society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Psychology (8 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 works) · Affect (linguistics) (2 works)