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The downstream effect of gender bias on academic performance and career aspirations amongst female students in STEM via Gender-Professional Identity Integration (G-PII)

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00635-w

Published Online: 2026-07-20

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Authors

Cheng, Chi-Ying https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4985-7860
Khoo, Shuna Shiann https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6966-6087
Cheng, Shih-Fen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-7892
Lee, Yeow Leong

Ramachandra Rao, Vandana
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE2020-TRF-020)

Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE2020-TRF-020)

Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE2020-TRF-020)

Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE2020-TRF-020)
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Article History

Received: 31 May 2025

Accepted: 8 July 2026

First Online: 20 July 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: Both studies were performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board at the authors’ university (Ethics approval number: SMU IRB-19-102-A086-M5(223)). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in both studies. All materials and data are available at .

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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