RT Journal Article
T1 Gendered patterns of coping responses with academic sexism in a group of Spanish secondary students
T2 Diferencias de género en las respuestas de afrontamiento del sexismo académico en un grupo de estudiantes españoles de secundaria
A1 Martínez Cantos, José Luis
A1 Sáinz, Milagros
A1 Meneses, Julio
AB This study analyses predictors of students’ coping responses to academic sexism. 954 high school students (MAge = 17; SDAge = 0.90, 57% girls) participated. Boys were therefore more likely to use avoidance responses, whereas girls confronting and help-seeking responses. Likewise, hierarchical regressions suggest that girls and boys and girls whose parents had a high educational level and were without sexist attitudes about women’s higher level of competence in biology and languages were more likely to deploy confronting responses. Similarly, participants who did not embrace stereotypes about boys’ and girls’ higher abilities in some domains were more likely to seek help. Furthermore, boys and girls who believed that girls are better at biology and languages were more likely to develop avoidance responses. Interaction between gender and parental educational level shows that boys with highly educated parents were more likely to avoid the sexism. The present research contributes to the study of factors shaping gender differences in students’ coping with academic sexism. The role played by students’ adherence to stereotyped beliefs about boys’ and girls’ academic abilities is also discussed.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0213-4748
YR 2020
FD 2020-04-24
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96770
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96770
LA eng
NO Sáinz, M., Martínez, J-L. & Meneses, J. (2020). Gendered patterns of coping responses with academic sexism in a group of Spanish secondary students (Diferencias de género en las respuestas de afrontamiento del sexismo académico en un grupo de estudiantes españoles de secundaria). International Journal of Social Psychology, 35(2), 246-281. DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2020.1721049
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025