Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: how self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat.

Volume: 104, Issue: 4, Pages: 591 - 618
Published: Feb 11, 2013
Abstract
To the extent that stereotype and identity threat undermine academic performance, social psychological interventions that lessen threat could buffer threatened students and improve performance. Two studies, each featuring a longitudinal field experiment in a mixed-ethnicity middle school, examined whether a values affirmation writing exercise could attenuate the achievement gap between Latino American and European American students. In Study 1,...
Paper Details
Title
Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: how self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat.
Published Date
Feb 11, 2013
Volume
104
Issue
4
Pages
591 - 618
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