The Interrelatedness of Gender-Stereotypical Interest Profiles and Students' Gender-Role Orientation, Gender, and Reasoning Abilities.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates early secondary school students' gender-stereotypical interest profiles and how they relate to students' gender-role orientation, i.e., their traditional or egalitarian attitudes toward gender roles. Gender-stereotypical interest profiles are described by relatively high interests in either female- or male-stereotypical domains and low interests in domains that are not associated to the own gender group. In a study conducted with 4,457 students (49.2% female, sixth graders) with data from the German National Educational Panel Study, four interest profiles were derived from the combined latent profile analysis of two academic interest domains (mathematics and German) and six vocational interest domains (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and co

SUBMITTER: Ehrtmann L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6603081 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature