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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM: A Longitudinal Study of Affirmation and Belonging Interventions Among Ph.D. Students

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Social

  • 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

Attrition from graduate school is a considerable and growing problem among Ph.D. students. Using an EMA approach, this study tested two interventions (values affirmation, belonging) intended to improve the psychological factors contributing to graduate school attrition. Values affirmation increased feelings of belonging in graduate school for women but not men.

Applied Experimental