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Title: Reciprocal Associations Between Science Efficacy, STEM Identity and Scientist Career Interest Among Adolescent Girls within the Context of Informal Science Learning.
Authors: Zhao, Mengya1 m.zhao@exeter.ac.uk, Ozturk, Emine2, Law, Fidelia1, Joy, Angelina3, Deutsch, Ashley R.2, Marlow, Christina S.2, Mathews, Channing J.4, McGuire, Luke1, Hoffman, Adam J.5, Balkwill, Frances6, Burns, Karen P.7, Butler, Laurence8, Drews, Marc9, Fields, Grace10, Smith, Hannah11, Winterbottom, Mark12, Mulvey, Kelly Lynn2, Hartstone-Rose, Adam2, Rutland, Adam1
Source: Journal of Youth & Adolescence. Feb2024, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p472-484. 13p.
Subject Terms: *Vocational guidance, *Teaching methods, *Longitudinal method, Structural equation modeling, Women, Self-efficacy, Engineering, Mathematics, Teenagers' conduct of life, Research funding, Descriptive statistics, Science
Geographic Terms: United States
Abstract: Limited research has explored the longitudinal pathway to youth career interests via identity and efficacy together. This study examined the longitudinal associations between science efficacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) identity, and scientist career interest among girls who are historically considered as an underrepresented group among scientists. The sample included 308 girls (M age = 15.22, SD age = 1.66; 42.8% White) from six STEM youth programs, each at a different informal science learning site within the U.K. and the U.S. Longitudinal structural equation modelling demonstrated that science efficacy consistently predicted STEM identity and scientist career interest, and similarly, STEM identity consistently predicted science efficacy over a two-year period. Scientist career interest at 12 months predicted science efficacy at 24 months. The coefficients of efficacy predicting STEM identity and scientist career interest were significantly larger compared to STEM identity and scientist career interest in predicting science efficacy from 12 months to 24 months. Further mediation analysis supported a significant pathway from STEM identity at 3 months to scientist career interest at 24 months via 12-month science efficacy. The findings highlight that science efficacy and STEM identity for girls relate to their scientist career interest and these longitudinal associations are reciprocal. This study suggests that science efficacy and STEM identity mutually influence each other, and enhancing science efficacy and STEM identity is key to promoting adolescents' interest in being a scientist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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