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SUBMITTER: Goyer JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5530645 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goyer J Parker JP Garcia Julio J Purdie-Vaughns Valerie V Binning Kevin R KR Cook Jonathan E JE Reeves Stephanie L SL Apfel Nancy N Taborsky-Barba Suzanne S Sherman David K DK Cohen Geoffrey L GL
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170619 29
Small but timely experiences can have long-term benefits when their psychological effects interact with institutional processes. In a follow-up of two randomized field experiments, a brief values affirmation intervention designed to buffer minority middle schoolers against the threat of negative stereotypes had long-term benefits on college-relevant outcomes. In study 1, conducted in the Mountain West, the intervention increased Latino Americans' probability of entering a college readiness track ...[more]