+Perceptions of science utility values
Smith, Brown, Thoman, & Deemer (2015)
Topic: Self-Evaluations - Self-Efficacy
Instructions:
Participants answered two questions assessing how much they believed that science careers afforded communal and agentic utility values
Response Options:
Scales ranging from 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely) (taken from Diekman et al. 2010, 2011).
Items:
The communal item was as follows: ‘‘How much do you believe that science affords working with people, helping others, and serving the community?’’
The agentic item was as follows: ‘‘How much do you believe that science affords power, achievement, and seeking new experiences or excitement?’’
Citation:
Smith, J. L., Brown, E. R., Thoman, D. B., & Deemer, E. D. (2015). Losing its expected communal value: How stereotype threat undermines women’s identity as research scientists. Social Psychology of Education, 18(3), 443-466.
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