“…However, stereotype threat, which plays a role in women’s but not men’s math performance (Gunderson, Ramirez, Levine, & Beilock, 2012; Shapiro & Williams, 2012; Spencer et al, 1999), can influence these relationships. Because adult learners are influenced by age-related stereotype threat (Hollis-Sawyer, 2011), female adult learners may experience the compounded effects of both age- and gender-related stereotype threat. Obviously the relationship between gender and anxiety, efficacy, and concept is unclear, and future research will help elucidate this relationship.…”