In: Studia Psychologica, vol. 63, no. 3
Details:
Year, pages: 2021, 221 - 251
Language: eng
Keywords:
risk aversion, sex/gender differences, stereotype threat, replication study
Article type: Registered report
About article:
The present research conceptually replicates and extends the results of a study on the relation between
individuals’ sex, their risk attitudes and stereotype threat (Carr & Steele, 2010). The authors reported that
differences between men and women in risk aversion emerged only after activating negative stereotypes
about women’s performance in mathematics. A total of 321 Slovaks, randomly assigned to control or
experimental treatments, answered questions on their risk aversion, anxiety, analytical reasoning and
gender self-concept. We expected to observe differences between men and women only after activating
stereotypes. Aware of the issues with the consistency of different risk aversion measures, we investigated
whether the effect of stereotype threat on risk aversion differs across three different risk aversion measures.
Additionally, we explored whether this effect depends on how the stereotype threat is activated (explicit
vs. implicit activation). Finally, to explain the mechanism through which stereotypes foster women’s
risk aversion, we explored the moderating effect of gender self-concept and mediating effects of anxiety
and analytical reasoning on the relationship between stereotype threat and risk aversion. In general, the
study found no differences between men and women in risk aversion and did not replicate the original
effect of stereotype threat on risk aversion.
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Adamus, M., Grežo, M., Dudeková, K. 2021. Stereotypes Concerns and Discreet Existence of Differences between Men and Women in Risk-Aversion – a Replication Study. In Studia Psychologica, vol. 63, no.3, pp. 221-251. 0039-3320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2021.03.824
APA:
Adamus, M., Grežo, M., Dudeková, K. (2021). Stereotypes Concerns and Discreet Existence of Differences between Men and Women in Risk-Aversion – a Replication Study. Studia Psychologica, 63(3), 221-251. 0039-3320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2021.03.824
About edition:
Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Published: 24. 9. 2021
Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/