Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Balance Performance and Learning in Men

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of gender stereotypes on the performance and learning of a balance task in men. Before practice, forty-eight participants received instructions involving the comparison of balance between males and females: males normally perform worse than females (stereotype threat condition - ST), females usually perform worse than males (stereotype lift condition - SL), or no instructions regarding gender stereotypes (control condition). One day later, they performed a retention test. The results show that the SL group outperformed the other groups during practice, but not retention. ST participants reported lower perceived competence. The findings show that gender stereotypes can affect perceptions of competence and balance performance, but not balance learning, in men.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Journal of Motor Behavior

• Publication date

  2022-03-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/00222895.2022.2045248PMID 35240951
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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