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the proposal that people avoid roles seen as failing to meet their valued goals, so women's communal goals steer them away from STEM careers seen as low in communion.

In social psychology, goal congruity theory refers to the proposal that people avoid roles seen as failing to meet their valued goals, so women's communal goals steer them away from STEM careers seen as low in communion. This meaning comes from Diekman (2010) in Psychological Science.[1]

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  1. Diekman, A. B., Brown, E. R., Johnston, A. M., & Clark, E. K. (2010). Seeking Congruity Between Goals and Roles: A New Look at Why Women Opt Out of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Careers. Psychological Science, 21(8), 1051-1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610377342

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