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When Trying Hard Isn’t Natural: Women’s Belonging with and Motivation for Male-Dominated STEM Fields as a Function of Effort Expenditure Concerns

Experiment Types
Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Participants
149 first-year STEM graduate students, 92 first- and second-year undergraduate students, and 41 third- and fourth-year female undergraduate students
Locations
Montana and Oregon
,
United States
,
North America
Research Site
Montana State University and University of Oregon
Researchers
Jessi L. Smith
,
Karyn L. Lewis
,
Lauren Hawthorne
,
Sara D. Hodges
Publication
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Volume
39
Issue
2
Month
February
Year
2013

Cite this Article

MLA

Smith, Jessi L., et al. “When Trying Hard Isn’t Natural: Women’s Belonging with and Motivation for Male-Dominated STEM Fields as a Function of Effort Expenditure Concerns.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 39, no. 2, 2013, pp. 131–143.

APA

Smith, J.L., Lewis, K.L., Hawthorne, L., & Hodges, S.D. (2013). When trying hard isn’t natural: Women’s belonging with and motivation for male-dominated STEM fields as a function of effort expenditure concerns. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(2), 131-143.

Chicago

Smith, Jessi L., Karyn L. Lewis, Lauren Hawthorne, and Sara D. Hodges. “When Trying Hard Isn’t Natural: Women’s Belonging with and Motivation for Male-Dominated STEM Fields as a Function of Effort Expenditure Concerns.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 39, no. 2 (2013): 131–143.

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