Student-AthleteStereotypeThreatatRiceUniversityPredictionsConclusionsKylieBurgess,JoshPerez,DonniStaley,AustinWalterDr.SandraParsonsDepartmentofPsychology,RiceUniversity,Houston,TXHigherathleticidentitypredictedhigherperceivedstereotypethreat(Feltzetal.,2013).Student-athleteswhowereprimedfortheirstudent-athleteidentityhadloweracademicself-regardscoresandlowertestscoresthanthosewhowereprimedfortheirstudentidentity(Yopyk&Prentice,2005).Student-athleteswhowereprimedfortheirathleteidentityattemptedfewerproblemsinatimedtestandhadlowertestscoresthanthoseinthenoprimecondition.Genderdidnotmakeadifferenceineitheroftheseoutcomes(Riciputi&Erdal,2017).Background1.Wepredictedthattherewouldbeasignificantmaineffectofathletestatus;student-athleteswouldhavealowerperceivedintelligencescorethannon-student-athletes.2.Wepredictedthattherewouldnotbeasignificantinteractionbetweengenderandathletestatus.3.Wepredictedthattherewouldbeasignificantinteractionofprimingandathletestatus;ratingswouldbehigherforstudent-athletesintheprimedgroupversusthenonprimedgroup.FutureWorkResultsReferencesFuturestudiesshouldinvestigatewhichtraitsofstudent-athletesarethecausationofnegativestereotypes.Profilesshouldvarybeyondthoseofthisstudytohoneinonthespecificsofthestereotype.Futurestudiesshouldalsoinvestigatethelong-termeffectivenessoftheprimingmaterialsinchangingthenegativestereotype.Theefficacyofthesematerialsshouldalsobeinvestigatedinprofessors.MethodParticipantscompletedaqualtricssurveyforcoursecredit.Halfofparticipantswererandomlyassignedtoreceiveaprimingcondition,wheretheywouldbeaskedtoreadanarticleaboutthemeritsandskillsofstudent-athletesintheworkforce.ParticipantswerethenpresentedwitheightshortprofilesaboutRicestudents,andaskedtorankthemonascaleof1-10onavarietyoftraitsrelativetotheaverageRicestudent.Residentialcollege,extracurriculars,andhobbieswerevariedacrossprofileswhilemajorandtimespentworkingoutwasheldconstant.Ratingsofintelligence,GPA,anddedicationtoacademicswereaveragedtocreateacompositeperceivedintelligencescoreforeachprofile.FiguresGenderisnotamoderatingvariableforperceivedintelligenceofstudent-athletes.Emphasizingthepositiveattributesofstudent-athletescanchangetheperceptionofsaidathletesbytheirpeers.Thelabelofstudent-athleteisnotenoughtoinduceanegativestereotype.Theremustbesomeothervariablewhichcausestheknownstereotype.Feltz,D.L.,Schneider,R.,Hwang,S.,&Skogsberg,N.J.(2013).Predictorsofcollegiatestudent-athletes’susceptibilitytostereotypethreat.JournalofCollegeStudentDevelopment,54,184-201.doi:10.1353/csd.2013.0014Riciputi,S.,&Erdal,K.(2017).Theeffectofstereotypethreatonstudent-athletemathperformance.PsychologyofSportandExercise,32,54-57.doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.06.003Yopyk,D.J.A.,&Prentice,D.A.(2005).AmIanathleteorastudent?Identitysalienceandstereotypethreatinstudent-athletes.BasicandAppliedSocialPsychology,27,329-336.doi:10.1207/s15324834basp2704_5Figure2.Thisfigureillustratestheeffectofprimingonintelligenceratingofstudentathletes,witharatingof5being“average”relativetootherRicestudents.Therewasnosignificantmaineffectofathletestatusonperceivedintelligence,F(1,179)=0.194,p>05.Student-athletes(M=6.057)didnothaveasignificantlylowerperceivedintelligencescorethannon-student-athletes(M=6.099).Therewasnosignificantinteractionbetweengenderandathletestatus,F(1,179)=0.57,p>.05Therewasasignificantinteractionofprimingandathletestatus,F(1,179)=4.082,p,.05Student-athletes(M=6.078)intheprimedconditionhadhigherperceivedintelligencescoresthanstudent-athletesinthenot-primedcondition(M=5.845).Figure1.Thisfiguredisplaysthattherewasnomajorimpactofthe“student-athlete”labelonceamountofathletictrainingwascontrolledfor.StudentAthleteStereotypeThreatAtRiceUniversitySponsoredby:RiceUniversity&RiceUniversity’sHealth,Humanism,andSocietyScholarsProgramKylieBurgess,JoshPerez,DonniStaley,AustinWalters,&SandraParsonsPhD
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