Does stereotype threat affect test performance of minorities and women? A meta-analysis of experimental evidence.

By Hannah‐Hanh D. Nguyen, A. Ryan. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Hostile and Benevolent Sexism and College Women’s STEM Outcomes (2017, background): “…stereotype threat on performance were stronger among domain-identified targets than non-identified targets (Walton & Cohen, 2003), another meta-analysis found that stereotype threat effects were smaller for highly mathidentified women than moderately low math-identified women (Nguyen & Ryan, 2008).”
Is Stereotype Threat a Useful Construct for Organizational Psychology Research and Practice? (2014, background): “Over the past 2 decades, hundreds of laboratory studies have demonstrated that stereotype threat results in performance deficits when people attempt to perform difficult tasks in domains in which they are negatively stereotyped (for a meta-analysis, see Nguyen & Ryan, 2008).”
Identifying and Assessing Creativity as a Component of Giftedness (2012, background): “Second, some minority or female test-takers may be at risk for a stereotype threat reaction to traditional tests (Nguyen & Ryan, 2008).”
What is a True Gamer? The Male Gamer Stereotype and the Marginalization of Women in Video Game Culture (2017, background): “For instance, women who are reminded of their gender identity before a cognitive ability test (e.g., a math test) tend to perform worse than women who receive no such reminder (for a meta-analytic review of this literature, see Nguyen & Ryan, 2008).”
Beliefs About Cognitive Gender Differences: Accurate for Direction, Underestimated for Size (2011, background): “Recent meta-analyses of published stereotype threat literature have corroborated the findings outlined above, demonstrating large and consistent negative effects on performance when women are in situations that would confirm a negative stereotype of their performance ( Nguyen and Ryan 2008 ).”
Relationship of Middle School Student STEM Interest to Career Intent (2016, background): “…females’ perceptions of pursuing a career in STEM are stereotypes regarding performance in mathematics and science areas (Walton & Spencer, 2009; Nguyen & Ryan, 2008) social and cultural cues that discourage girls (Bisland et al., 2011), as well as a lack of confidence in the ability to…”