Table 2.
Survey Measures Related to Susceptibility to Stereotype Threat, by Gender
| Overall (n = 174) | Women (n = 108) | Men (n = 66) | pa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stereotype threat vulnerability* | 3.17 (1.36) | 3.65 (1.34) | 2.39 (0.99) | <0.001 |
| Rejection sensitivity* | 10.12 (4.86) | 11.00 (5.18) | 8.69 (3.93) | 0.001 |
| Gender identification* | 4.66 (1.28) | 5.04 (1.05) | 4.04 (1.38) | <0.001 |
| Perception of relative potential (compared with colleagues) | 43.92 (20.27) | 41.54 (20.19) | 47.79 (19.95) | 0.048 |
| Sense of belonging | 4.57 (1.08) | 4.44 (1.08) | 4.78 (1.06) | 0.049 |
Survey measures rated on a scale of 1 (low) to 7 (high) except for rejection sensitivity, which is based on a scale of 1–36 (see text for description) and perception of relative potential, which is rated on a scale of 0–100 (e.g., “I believe I have more potential than xx% of my colleagues”). Standard deviations are given in parentheses.
a
p-Values report results from two-sample t-tests using pooled variances. Because we intentionally oversampled female faculty, we first ran variance ratio tests for each measure. Where variances differ significantly (p < 0.05), we use (Satterthwaite's) degrees of freedom for unpooled variance and mark these instances with an asterisk (*).