Girls and science careers: The role of altruistic values and attitudes about scientific tasks

By Erica S. Weisgram, R. Bigler. 2006

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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New Routes to Recruiting and Retaining Women in STEM: Policy Implications of a Communal Goal Congruity Perspective (2015, background): “Even when interventions succeed at elevating girls’ self-efficacy in science, similar improvements are often not obtained in girls’ interest in science careers (e.g., Reid & Roberts, 2006; Weisgram & Bigler, 2006a, 2007 standard intervention conditions).”
Young Children's Aspirations in Science: The unequivocal, the uncertain and the unthinkable (2013, unknown): “Koren & Bar, 2009 ; Springate, Harland, Lord, & Wilkin, 2008 ; Weisgram & Bigler, 2006 ).”
Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Current Knowledge, Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Directions (2016, unknown): “Translate Research Into Evidence-Based Interventions Several interventions have been found to successfully alter girls’ and women’s perceptions of STEM (e.g., Diekman et al. 2011; Stake and Nickens 2005; Weisgram and Bigler 2006, 2007).”
Why are women underrepresented in Computer Science? Gender differences in stereotypes, self-efficacy, values, and interests and predictors of future CS course-taking and grades (2014, unknown): “…others, work with people, and provide the opportunity to combine career and family (Beyer & Haller, 2006; Creamer, Burger, & Meszaros, 2004; Keup & Stolzenberg, 2004; Margolis & Fisher, 2001; Sax et al., 2003; Weisgram & Bigler, 2006; Weisgram, Dinella, & Fulcher, 2011; Woszczynski & Shade, 2010).”
Why Are Some STEM Fields More Gender Balanced Than Others? (2017, background): “…allow fulfillment of people-oriented goals such as affiliation, intimacy, and altruism are weakest in mathematics and strongest in biology, with computer science and engineering falling in between the two fields (Matskewich & Cheryan, 2016; see also Masnick et al., 2010; Weisgram & Bigler, 2006).”
Seeking Congruity Between Goals and Roles (2010, background): “Similarly, girls who perceive science to be consistent with altruism tend to show interest in scientific careers (Weisgram & Bigler, 2006).”
Effects of Learning about Gender Discrimination on Adolescent Girls' Attitudes Toward and Interest in Science (2007, methodology): “Unfortunately, this finding is consistent with those of other interventions studies (Mason & Kahle, 1989; Weisgram & Bigler, 2006), and together, these results suggest that adolescent girls’ interest in science is difficult to modify with short-term programs such as the one used here.”