The effect of gender stereotype activation on challenge and threat motivational states

By S. Brooke Vick, Mark D Seery, J. Blascovich, Max Weisbuch. 2008

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The threat vs. challenge of car parking for women: How self- and group affirmation affect cardiovascular responses (2011, background): “Threat vs. Challenge The biopsychosocial (BPS) model (Blascovich, 2008; Blascovich & Mendes, 2000; Blascovich & Tomaka, 1996) has been a guiding framework for research examining the cardiovascular correlates of social identity threat (Blascovich et al., 2001; Scheepers, 2009; Vick et al., 2008).”
Successful aging at work: A process model to guide future research and practice (2020, background): “On the other hand, research suggests that reactions to negative stereotypes depend on whether the situation is perceived as a challenge or as a threat (Vick et al., 2008; Von Hippel et al., 2019).”
Turning social identity threat into challenge: Status stability and cardiovascular reactivity during inter-group competition (2009, background): “In addition, Vick et al. (2008) showed that presenting a mathtest as gender-biased led to a threat reaction in women (in line with the stereotype threat phenomenon) and a challenge reaction in men (in line with the stereotype lift phenomenon).”
Rising to the threat: Reducing stereotype threat by reframing the threat as a challenge (2010, background): “Theoretical implications and practical applications Previous studies have suggested the physiological benefits of framing stressors as challenges rather than threats (e.g., Scheepers, 2009; Vick et al., 2008).”