Anxiety and mind wandering as independent consequences of stereotype threat

• Aitao Lu

  South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency

• Yi Feng

  South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency

• Haiping Tian

  South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency

• Zuwei Yu

  Open University of Guangzhou

• Xiuxiu Hong

  South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency

• Dongping Zheng

  University of Hawaii

We investigated the mediating effects of anxiety and mind wandering in the relationship between stereotype threat and academic performance, testing our multiple mediation model with 5,000 bootstrap samples. The participants were 76 female undergraduate students at South China Normal University. Results showed that both anxiety and mind wandering independently mediated the relationship between stereotype threat and the women’s mathematics performance. These findings underscore the importance of integrating anxiety and mind wandering to understand how stereotype threat impacts academic performance. Suggestions for future research are offered.

1. Aitao Lu, South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency
   Center for Studies of Psychological Application and School of Psychology
2. Yi Feng, South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency

   Center for Studies of Psychological Application and School of Psychology

3. Haiping Tian, South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency
   Center for Studies of Psychological Application and School of Psychology
4. Zuwei Yu, Open University of Guangzhou
   Department of Management
5. Xiuxiu Hong, South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, and Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency

   Center for Studies of Psychological Application and School of Psychology

6. Dongping Zheng, University of Hawaii
   Department of Second Language Studies

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