“Girls can't play”: The effects of stereotype threat on females' gaming performance

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Highlights:

• Assessing stereotype threat in the previously unexplored context of digital gaming.

• Stereotype-threatened females underperform in gameplay relative to control condition.

• Evidence of the multiple social identities framework as protective against threat.

摘要

•Assessing stereotype threat in the previously unexplored context of digital gaming.•Stereotype-threatened females underperform in gameplay relative to control condition.•Evidence of the multiple social identities framework as protective against threat.

论文关键词:Stereotype threat,Social identity theory,Multiple social identities,Gender,Digital games,Implicit attitudes

论文评审过程:Received 26 October 2015, Revised 22 December 2015, Accepted 5 February 2016, Available online 15 February 2016, Version of Record 15 February 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.020