How Parents' Stereotypical Beliefs Relate to Students' Motivation and Career Aspirations in Mathematics and Language Arts.

ABSTRACT: Despite progress, gender gaps persist in mathematical and language-related fields, and gender stereotypes likely play a role. The current study examines the relations between parents' gender-related beliefs and their adolescent child's motivation and career aspirations through a survey of 172 parent-child dyads. Parents reported their gendered beliefs about ability in mathematics and language arts, as well as their prescriptive gender role beliefs. Students reported their expectancies and values in these two domains, as well as their career aspirations The results of path models suggested that parents' ability stereotypes about language boosted girls' motivation for language arts, thereby nudging them away from STEM pathways. Girls' career aspirations stemmed not only from their valuation

SUBMITTER: Chaffee KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8854794 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature