No significant gender differences in communal or agentic goal affordances, endorsements, or incongruity among Indigenous STEM students¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Men and women in the sample did not differ in goal endorsement, affordance perceptions, or incongruity. → 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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Preliminary analyses of the longitudinal sample (59.7% women) examined gender differences in goal affordances, endorsements, and incongruity (Supplemental Table 1). The article reports no significant differences; no effect sizes are printed and equivalence was not tested.

"Moreover, there were no significant gender differences in communal/agentic affordances and endorsements, suggesting that men and women did not endorse different goals or perceive the opportunities afforded by STEM roles dissimilarly"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Indigenous STEM students endorse communal goals more strongly than agentic goals, but perceive similar levels of communal and agentic affordances in STEM — related
• Goal affordances, goal incongruity, and belonging show no association with global life satisfaction among Indigenous STEM students — related
• Agentic goal incongruity negatively predicts Indigenous students' persistence intentions indirectly through reduced sense of belonging — related
• Perceived communal goal affordances in STEM roles positively predict later persistence intentions among Indigenous STEM students, controlling for baseline — related
• Communal goal incongruity shows a significant negative indirect effect on persistence intentions through belonging, though weaker than expected — related