Francesca Muntoni|Jan Retelsdorf
At their children's expense: How parents' gender stereotypes affect their children's reading outcomes
Universität Hamburg|Universität Hamburg
following expectancyvalue theory investigated role parents readingrelated gender stereotypes favoring girls play explaining students readingrelated competence beliefs intrinsic task values achievement drawing sample 1508 students 49 girls age t1 1089 years 60 schools germany collected data beginning grade 5 second half grade 6 using parent student questionnaires structural equation modeling yielded two main results first parents gender stereotypes favoring girls reading sons readingrelated competence beliefs intrinsic task values negatively related second found indirect effects parents gender stereotypes boys readingrelated intrinsic task values competence beliefs boys reading achievement results provide evidence assumption parents gender stereotypes important perpetuation gender differences may affect development childrens competence beliefs intrinsic task values achievement