RT Journal Article
T1 College students’ stereotyped beliefs
A1 Alonso Ruido, Patricia
A1 Estévez Blanco, Iris
A1 Varela Portela, Cristina
A1 Regueiro Fernández, Bibiana
K1 Stereotype
K1 Gender roles
K1 Gender equality
K1 University students
K1 Education
AB Over recent years, socio-political discourse has been full of  language aimed at reaching gender equality. This is a complex goal that should address the underlying bases of inequality— gender stereotypes that continue to legitimize unequal consideration and treatment. It is also a reality that universities are not exempt from. The objective of this study was to analyze university students’ stereotyped beliefs and look at the differences  based on self-identified gender and branch of knowledge. The analysis looked at a sample of 3433 university students (67.9%  women), aged between 17 and 56 (M = 18.95; SD = 2.35) and reported low rates of prevalence of stereotyped beliefs, with significantly higher means in men and in engineering students. The survival of gender stereotypes in a population who were born and raised in a legally egalitarian society points to the importance of education programs aimed at university teachers that would give them the capacity to incorporate a gender perspective in all disciplines, especially those disciplines reporting greater adherence to stereotyped beliefs.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30740
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30740
LA eng
NO Alonso-Ruido, Patricia, Iris Estévez, Cristina Varela-Portela, and Bibiana Regueiro. 2023. College students’ stereotyped beliefs. Social Sciences 12: 302
NO This research is funded by the “Research Grants from the University of Santiago de Compostela for the implementation of projects aimed at developing measures of the State Pact against Gender Violence 2022” (Ministry of Equality, Government of Spain)
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026