APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Parents' Perceptual Bias in Children's Math Competencies: A Moderation Study

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Developmental

  • Tianlan Wei
    Mississippi State University
  • Jianling Xie
    Mississippi State University
  • Katerina Sergi
    Mississippi State University

Abstract

Parents’ gender role stereotypes may lead to perceptual bias of their children’s competencies. Using samples drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort, this study examined how a child's gender moderates the parent's belief in his or her math competency.

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