Stereotyped perceptions of readers: an experimental vignette study with high school students and teachers

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dc.contributor.authorEspinoza, Ana María
dc.contributor.authorStrasser Salinas, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorKessels, Ursula
dc.contributor.authorMorales, María Francisca
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-28T20:11:44Z
dc.date.available2025-08-28T20:11:44Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractIn many countries, there are medium to large gender gaps in reading achievement and motivation in favor of female students. Since research does not show substantive gender differences in verbal skills, socio-cognitive factors, such as stereotypes associated with reading, become a plausible explanation for these gender gaps. A vignette study was conducted to test whether high school students and teachers have stereotypical perceptions about boys and girls who like to read. The study used a 2 (target’s gender: boy vs. girl) x 2 (target’s reading enjoyment: low vs. high) factorial design to examine the effect of a character’s gender and reading enjoyment on participants’ judgments about the character’s academic traits, popularity, and gender expression. Participants were 296 high school students and 135 Chilean high school language-teachers in Santiago (Chile). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and follow-up univariate ANOVAs with Bonferroni corrections showed that students hold gender stereotypes about reading because they perceive reading to be more associated with femininity than masculinity. Additionally, both students and teachers perceive characters who like to read as having more academic traits and being less popular than characters who do not enjoy reading. Contrary to expectations, no interaction effects between gender and reading enjoyment were found. These findings provide empirical evidence regarding a relevant topic in education -sources of inequalities in reading achievement. Such results may offer a preliminary basis for identifying general directions for policies or interventions that promote more equitable literacy learning opportunities for male and female high school students.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-08-28
dc.format.extent15 páginas
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijer.2025.102744
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2025.102744
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/105340
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Psicología; Strasser Salinas, Katherine; 0000-0003-2364-6798; 93094
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.revistaInternational Journal of Educational Research
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectReading
dc.subjectStereotypes
dc.subjectGender gaps
dc.subjectAcademic traits
dc.subjectPopularity
dc.subjectGender expression
dc.subjectAdolescence
dc.subject.ddc150
dc.subject.deweyPsicologíaes_ES
dc.titleStereotyped perceptions of readers: an experimental vignette study with high school students and teachers
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen133
sipa.codpersvinculados93094
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2025-08-22
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