SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPES AND SELF-REPORTS OF EMOTION EXPRESSIVENESS IN MEN AND WOMEN (DIFFERENCES).
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Title
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SEX-ROLE STEREOTYPES AND SELF-REPORTS OF EMOTION EXPRESSIVENESS IN MEN AND WOMEN (DIFFERENCES).
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Identifier
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AAI8614714
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identifier
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8614714
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Creator
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WINSTEN, LYNN.
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Contributor
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Alden Wessman
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Social
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Abstract
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Questionnaires were developed to assess sex-role stereotypes and self-reports of emotion expressiveness of men and women in response to a number of hypothetical emotion evoking situations, using descriptive response scales. They were administered in a counter-balance design to 400 college students in the metropolitan New York area.;As predicted, on the stereotype measure of the Emotion Expressiveness Questionnaire (EEQ), the Typical Woman was perceived as more expressive of happiness, sadness, and fear/anxiety, but less expressive of anger than the Typical Man. On the self-report measure of the EEQ, females reported themselves to be more expressive of happiness, sadness, anger, and fear/anxiety than males when with their Closest Other. The females also reported being higher than the males on the expression of these emotions when with a colleague from work (Work Colleague) with the exception of anger. While both males and females reported being generally more expressive with their Closest Other compared to their expressiveness with a Work Colleague, sex-differences were somewhat attenuated but still retained significance in the Work Colleague condition (with the exception of anger). The hypothesized relationship between the stereotypes and self-reports of emotion expressiveness was also substantiated, lending some support for the theory that female and male emotion expressiveness is partly determined by sex-role stereotypes and norms.;Tests of internal consistency, construct validity, socially desirable responding, and percent of subjects endorsing the stereotype emotion subscales, all provided evidence that the EEQ measures are reasonably sound psychometrically. Secondary analyses with demographic variables were also conducted.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
