dc.contributor.author | Skaar, Øystein Olav | |
dc.contributor.author | Reber, Rolf | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-28T07:43:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-28T07:43:47Z | |
dc.date.created | 2022-11-30T13:31:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 2022, . | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0036-5564 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3065418 | |
dc.description.abstract | Prior research indicates that boys show more interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) than girls do. Given that Aha-experiences yield positive affect and increase interest, the question arises whether there are gender differences in Aha-experiences that could help explainthe gender differences in interest. Derived from social role theory, we hypothesized that men report having Aha-experiences alone, whereas women reporthaving Aha-experiences together with others. In a retrospective survey study comprising three independent samples (N=899), we conducted chi- squareanalyses to explore the relationship of gender, social context (alone; not alone), domain, and situational interest. Across all participants, we found that menwere more probably alone and women more probably together with others when they had an Aha-experience. Morefine-grained analyses revealed that theeffect was especially pronounced when the Aha-experience increased situational interest within STEM or the personal domain. The study suggests thatsocial context played a different role in the occurrence of Aha-experiences in men and women. We discuss the implications of ourfindings for STEMinstruction at school. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.subject | social role theory | en_US |
dc.subject | gender | en_US |
dc.subject | STEM | en_US |
dc.subject | interest | en_US |
dc.subject | social context | en_US |
dc.subject | aha-experiences | en_US |
dc.title | Alone or together: The role of gender and social context prior to Aha-experiences | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 0 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/sjop.12883 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2085730 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |