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Reducing stereotype threat by blurring intergroup boundaries

Rosenthal, H.E.S.; Crisp, R.J.

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Authors

H.E.S. Rosenthal



Abstract

The authors aimed to establish whether interventions designed to reduce intergroup bias could be applied to the stereotype threat domain. In three experiments, the hypothesis was tested that blurring intergroup boundaries would reduce stereotype threat. In the first study, it was found that female participants who thought about characteristics shared between the genders tended to show less preference for stereotypical female careers than did participants in the baseline condition. In. Experiment 2, participants who thought. about overlapping characteristics answered more math questions correctly compared to a baseline group and Participants who thought, about differences between the genders. In experiment 3, a. specific threat manipulation was included. Participants who completed the overlapping characteristics task before receiving the threat completed significantly more math questions correctly than did participants in the baseline and threat conditions. The findings support the idea that interventions designed to reduce intergroup bias can be applied successfully in the reduction of stereotype threat.

Citation

Rosenthal, H., & Crisp, R. (2006). Reducing stereotype threat by blurring intergroup boundaries. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32(4), 501-511. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167205281009

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Apr 1, 2006
Deposit Date Jan 28, 2009
Publicly Available Date Jan 28, 2009
Journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Print ISSN 0146-1672
Electronic ISSN 1552-7433
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 4
Pages 501-511
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167205281009
Keywords Stereotype threat, Social categorization, Math performance, Career preference, Gender differences.

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The final definitive version of this article has been published in the Personality and social psychology bulletin, 32/4, 2006 © by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. at the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin page: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167205281009





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