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Social Comparison, Self-Stereotyping, and Gender Differences in Self-Construals.
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Journal of Personality & Social Psychology . Feb2006, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p221-242. 21p. 1 Chart, 6 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Four studies examined gender differences in self-construals and the role of social comparison in generating these differences. Consistent with previous research, Study 1 (N = 461) showed that women define themselves as higher in relational interdependence than men, and men define themselves as higher in independence/agency than women. Study 2 (N = 301) showed that within-gender social comparison decreases gender differences in self-construals relative to a control condition, whereas between-genders comparison increases gender differences on both relational interdependence and independence/agency. Studies 3 (N = 169) and 4 (N = 278) confirmed these findings and showed that changing self-construal changes gender differences in social dominance orientation. Across the 4 studies, strong evidence for the role of in-group stereotyping as mediator of the effect of gender on self-construal was observed on the relational dimension but not on the agentic dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00223514
- Volume :
- 90
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20383587
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.90.2.221