Gender brilliance stereotype emerges early and predicts children's motivation in South Korea.
Journal
Child development
ISSN: 1467-8624
Titre abrégé: Child Dev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0372725
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Nov 2023
23 Nov 2023
Historique:
revised:
13
09
2023
received:
22
12
2022
accepted:
30
10
2023
medline:
24
11
2023
pubmed:
24
11
2023
entrez:
24
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Recent work suggests that the stereotype associating brilliance with men may underpin women's underrepresentation in prestigious careers, yet little is known about its development and consequences in non-Western contexts. The present research examined the onset of this stereotype and its relation to children's motivation in 5- to 7-year-old Korean children (N = 272, 50% girls, tested 2021 to 2022). At age 7, children attributed brilliance to men when evaluating Asians and Whites, and girls became less interested in participating in intellectually challenging tasks than boys. Notably, this gender difference in interest was mediated by children's endorsement of the stereotype. The generalizable early emergence of the gender brilliance stereotype and its detrimental implications press the need to tackle gender imbalance in early childhood.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : National Research Foundation of Korea
ID : NRF 2021S1A5A8064729
Organisme : Sungshin Women's University
ID : 2023
Organisme : US National Science Foundation CAREER Grant
ID : DRL #2145809
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Child Development © 2023 Society for Research in Child Development.
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