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Assessment of Implicit Attitudes Toward Women Faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Jackson, Sarah Marie
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0528-5159
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1324269233

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2011, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology MS.
This study used two implicit attitude measures (a Go/No-Go Association Task; GNAT and a personalized GNAT; PGNAT) and three explicit measures to assess attitude change in faculty attending a diversity training session on women in STEM. It was hypothesized that (1) pre- and post-training explicit scores would correlate more strongly with the PGNAT than with the GNAT, (2) training would result in more positive attitudes toward women in STEM, and (3) difference scores would be greatest in the explicit scales, followed by the GNAT and PGNAT. Partial support was found for a stronger correlation between the PGNAT and explicit scores, and the PGNAT revealed more positive implicit attitudes following training. However, explicit scores did not change significantly, and the GNAT and PGNAT change scores did not differ from one another. This study adds support for use of a personalized GNAT and provides evidence that diversity training can positively affect personal attitudes.
Tamera Schneider, PhD (Committee Chair)
Gary Burns, PhD (Committee Member)
Peggy DesAutels, PhD (Committee Member)
61 p.
Psychology; Social Psychology; Sociology; Womens Studies
implicit attitudes; explicit attitudes; attitude measurement; IAT; GNAT; women; STEM; academia

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  • Jackson, S. M. (2011). Assessment of Implicit Attitudes Toward Women Faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1324269233

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jackson, Sarah. Assessment of Implicit Attitudes Toward Women Faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. 2011. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1324269233.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jackson, Sarah. "Assessment of Implicit Attitudes Toward Women Faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1324269233

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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