Indigenous STEM students endorse communal goals more strongly than agentic goals, but perceive similar levels of communal and agentic affordances in STEM¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2 · i2 medium
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q2 i2 Participants endorsed communal goals significantly more than agentic goals (d = 0.50), with no significant difference between perceived communal and agentic affordances. → Yu Fanyi 2025

Evidence¶

Yu Fanyi 2025¶

Yu Fanyi, Nyanamba Juliet M., Anderson Brittany, DeerInWater Kathy, Estrada Mica, Hosoda K. Kanoho, Maldonado Natalia, Smith Tiffany, Flores Lilibeth, & Hernandez Paul R. (2025). Navigating Science Pathways: Belonging Mediates the Impact of Goal Congruity on Persistence (but Not Life Satisfaction) Among Indigenous Students. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000967

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Preliminary paired-sample t-tests in the longitudinal study comparing communal and agentic goal endorsement and affordance perceptions. The article prints "d = 0.50" for the endorsement difference and "d = 0.15" for the non-significant affordance difference.

"Results showed that Indigenous students endorsed communal goals more strongly than agentic goals (t[141] = 5.93, p < .001, d = 0.50). However, no significant difference was found between perceptions of communal and agentic affordances in STEM fields (t[141] = 1.80, p = .07, d = 0.15)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• No significant gender differences in communal or agentic goal affordances, endorsements, or incongruity among Indigenous STEM students — related
• Agentic goal incongruity negatively predicts Indigenous students' persistence intentions indirectly through reduced sense of belonging — related
• Goal affordances, goal incongruity, and belonging show no association with global life satisfaction among Indigenous STEM students — related
• Communal goal incongruity shows a significant negative indirect effect on persistence intentions through belonging, though weaker than expected — related