APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
The Associations between Gender-Based Stereotype Threat, Negative Affect, and Belonging Among Ph.D. Students
- Louisa Soohoo
The Pennsylvania State University - Peter Ruberton
The Pennsylvania State University - Jackson Harper
The Pennsylvania State University - Geoffrey Cohen
Stanford University - Valerie Purdie Greenaway
Columbia University - Joshua Smyth
The Pennsylvania State University - Jonathan Cook
The Pennsylvania State University
Abstract
Women are underrepresented in many Ph.D. programs and often confront negative stereotypes that increase their negative affect and reduce their feelings of belonging, likely risk factors for attrition. In a sample of first-year Ph.D. students, we found that gender-based threat predicted decreased belonging in graduate school via increased negative affect.
Affect
