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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Stereotype threat

Overview

  • Influence: Stereotype threat
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Physical influences
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
  • Influence Definition: A person experiences stereotype threat when they perceive that they face judgement based on stereotypes about a group to which they ostensibly belong, such as a race, gender, or sexual minority.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 237
  • Number of students: 13,975
  • Number of effects: 416
  • Weighted mean effect size: -0.19
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Dissertation Mitchell USA An examination of stereotype threat on women's math performance: A meta-analysis 2014 Stereotype threat on girl's math 9 2,251 29 -0.64
Journal of Applied Psychology Nguyen & Ryan USA Does stereotype threat affect test performance of minorities and women? A meta-analysis of experimental evidence 2008 Stereotype threat 116 7,964 116 -0.26
Journal of School Psychology Flore & Wicherts Netherlands Does stereotype threat influence performance of girls in stereotyped domains? A meta-analysis 2015 Stereotype threat on girl's performance 26 3,760 47 -0.22
Learning and Individual Differences Doyle & Voyer Canada Stereotype manipulation effects on math and spatial test performance: A meta-analysis 2016 Threat and lift for males and females 86 0 224 -0.03
TOTAL/AVERAGE 237 13,975 416 -0.29
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