The Gender-Equality Paradox in Intraindividual Academic Strengths: A Cross-Temporal Analysis

IF 4.8 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychological Science Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI:10.1177/09567976241271330

Marco Balducci, Marie-Pier Larose, Gijsbert Stoet, David C. Geary

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Abstract

Independent of overall achievement, girls’ intraindividual academic strength is typically reading, whereas boys’ strength is typically mathematics or science. Sex differences in intraindividual strengths are associated with educational and occupational sex disparities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Paradoxically, these sex differences are larger in more gender-equal countries, but the stability of this paradox is debated. We assessed the stability of the gender-equality paradox in intraindividual strengths, and its relation to wealth, by analyzing the academic achievement of nearly 2.5 million adolescents across 85 countries and regions in five waves (from 2006 to 2018) of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Girls’ intraindividual strength in reading and boys’ strength in mathematics and science were stable across countries and waves. Boys’ advantage in science as an intraindividual strength was larger in more gender-equal countries, whereas girls’ advantage in reading was larger in wealthier countries. The results have implications for reducing sex disparities in STEM fields.

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个人学业优势中的性别平等悖论：跨时空分析

与总体成绩无关，女生的个人学习优势通常是阅读，而男生的优势通常是数学或科学。个体内部优势的性别差异与科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的教育和职业性别差异有关。矛盾的是，在性别更平等的国家，这些性别差异更大，但这一矛盾的稳定性还存在争议。我们通过分析国际学生评估项目（PISA）五波（2006-2018 年）中 85 个国家和地区近 250 万青少年的学业成绩，评估了个体内部优势性别平等悖论的稳定性及其与财富的关系。在不同国家和波次中，女孩在阅读方面的个体内部优势以及男孩在数学和科学方面的优势是稳定的。在性别更平等的国家，男生在科学方面的个人优势更大，而在更富裕的国家，女生在阅读方面的优势更大。这些结果对缩小 STEM 领域的性别差异具有重要意义。

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Psychological Science PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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