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dc.contributor.authorHamamura, Takeshi
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:24:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:24:42Z
dc.date.created2015-07-16T06:21:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationHamamura, T. 2012. Power Distance Predicts Gender Differences in Math Performance Across Societies. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 3 (5): pp. 545-548.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31326
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1948550611429191
dc.description.abstract

In societies that oppose social inequality (low power distance societies), intergroup social comparison is relatively more prevalent. However, with an intergroup comparison focus, differences between groups are more salient and self-stereotyping more likely. Consequently, gender stereotypes regarding math may be relatively more consequential in low relative to high power distance societies. To examine this hypothesis, results from a standardized math exam among eighth graders compiled in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study were analyzed. As predicted, the societies' power distance predicted gender differences in math performance: The pattern of boys outperforming girls was more pronounced in low relative to high power distance societies. This effect was independent of the societies' gender equality and prevalence of implicit stereotype.

dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.subjectmath
dc.subjectgender difference
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectpower distance
dc.titlePower Distance Predicts Gender Differences in Math Performance Across Societies
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume3
dcterms.source.startPage545
dcterms.source.endPage548
dcterms.source.issn1948-5506
dcterms.source.titleSocial Psychological and Personality Science
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