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Social comparison, self-stereotyping, and gender differences in self-construals

Guimond, Serge, Chatard, Armand, Martinot, Delphine, Crisp, Richard J., Redersdorff, Sandrine (2006) Social comparison, self-stereotyping, and gender differences in self-construals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90 (2). pp. 221-242. ISSN 0022-3514. (doi:10.1037/0022-3514.90.2.221) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4295)

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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.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.2.221
Uncontrolled keywords: self-concept; gender differences; social comparison; social dominance; self-categorization
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Rosalind Beeching
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2008 10:58 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4295 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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