Gender-based rejection sensitivity and academic self-silencing in women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bonita London (0000-0003-0409-641X, Stony Brook University), Geraldine Downey (0000-0002-8304-6439, Columbia University), Rainer Romero-Canyas (0000-0002-8995-3654, Columbia University), Aneeta Rattan (0000-0001-9007-5599, Stanford University), Diana Tyson, Diana F Tyson (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 961-979 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0026615 |
| PMID | 22180999 |
| OpenAlex | W2144250871 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 67 |
| References cited | 54 |
Building on prior work on rejection sensitivity, we propose a social-cognitive model of gender-based rejection sensitivity (Gender RS) to account for individual differences in how women perceive and cope with gender-based evaluative threats in competitive, historically male institutions. Study 1 develops a measure of Gender RS, defined as anxious expectations of gender-based rejection. Studies 2-5 support the central predictions of the model: Gender RS is associated with increased perceptions of gender-based threats and increased coping by self-silencing--responses that reinforce feelings of alienation and diminished motivation. Study 2 shows that Gender RS is distinct from overall sensitivity to rejection or perceiving the world through the lens of gender. Study 3 shows that Gender RS becomes activated specifically when gender-based rejection is a plausible explanation for negative outcomes. Study 4 provides experimental evidence that Gender RS predicts lower academic self-confidence, greater expectations of bias, and avoidance of opportunities for further help from a weakness-focused expert evaluator. Study 5 tests the Gender RS model in situ, using daily diaries to track women's experiences during the first weeks in a highly competitive law school. Implications for women's coping with the subtle nature of contemporary sexism are discussed as well as the importance of institution-level checks to prevent the costs of gender-based rejection
Alienation · Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Gender bias · Gender discrimination · Gender gap · Gender role · Perception · Social rejection · Social relation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 67 |
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| Citations per year | 4,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 65 |