Outfits Serve as Symbols for Overlapping Feminine and STEM Identity Goals

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dc.abstract.enWomen in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) juggle between their feminine and professional identity goals. The present research views these struggles from the perspective of identity goal pursuits. Women in STEM may use different, sometimes even symbolic, ways to strive for the two identity goals, for example, by wearing outfits that reflect femininity, their profession, or both. In two studies, we tested to what extent these two goals overlap (are seen as similar) and whether the higher overlap between feminine and STEM professional identity goals is related to the preference for outfits that may serve two goals at the same time or only one of them. In Study 1 (N = 232), we found that willingness to wear an outfit serving both identity goals was positively related to the participant's identity goal overlap. Study 2 (N = 226) showed that overlap was related to the evaluation of the chosen outfits. Participants evaluating the chosen outfits as more multifinal reported higher overlap between the two identity goals.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorZaman, Sadia
dc.contributor.authorSpychalska-Waszek, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorDoerflinger, Johannes T.
dc.contributor.authorGollwitzer, Peter M.
dc.contributor.authorByrka, Katarzyna
dc.date.access2026-02-02
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-12T11:07:39Z
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dc.date.created2025-01-20
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) juggle between their feminine and professional identity goals. The present research views these struggles from the perspective of identity goal pursuits. Women in STEM may use different, sometimes even symbolic, ways to strive for the two identity goals, for example, by wearing outfits that reflect femininity, their profession, or both. In two studies, we tested to what extent these two goals overlap (are seen as similar) and whether the higher overlap between feminine and STEM professional identity goals is related to the preference for outfits that may serve two goals at the same time or only one of them. In Study 1 (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 232), we found that willingness to wear an outfit serving both identity goals was positively related to the participant's identity goal overlap. Study 2 (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 226) showed that overlap was related to the evaluation of the chosen outfits. Participants evaluating the chosen outfits as more multifinal reported higher overlap between the two identity goals.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumber2018/31/G/HS6/01382
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/SJOP.13093
dc.identifier.eissn1467-9450
dc.identifier.issn0036-5564
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1351
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sjop.13093
dc.languageen
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dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
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dc.rights.explanationThe original Accepted Version (peer-reviewed and accepted for publication) of the article Outfits Serve as Symbols for Overlapping Feminine and STEM Identity Goals by Zaman, Spychalska-Waszek, Doerflinger, Gollwitzer, and Byrka is shared under the rights granted to the authors by the license agreement. These rights allow the authors to self-archive and distribute the Accepted Version after the embargo period. SJOP confirms that this accepted version is subject to a 12-month embargo (until 02.02.2026). The article can be deposited as long as the repository is not for profit.
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dc.subject.enfeminine women
dc.subject.enwomen in STEM
dc.subject.enidentity goal overlap
dc.subject.enoutfits
dc.subject.enmultifinal symbols
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dc.titleOutfits Serve as Symbols for Overlapping Feminine and STEM Identity Goals
dc.title.journalScandinavian Journal of Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
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