Gender Stereotypes of Personality: Universal and Accurate?

0428772 - PSÚ 2015 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Löckenhoff, C. E. - Chan, W. - McCrae, R. R. - De Fruyt, F. - Jussim, L. - De Bolle, L. J. - Costa Jr., P. T. - Sutin, A. R. - Realo, A. - Allik, J. - Nakazato, K. - Shimonaka, Y. - Hřebíčková, Martina - Graf, Sylvie - Yik, M. - Ficková, E. - Brunner-Sciarra, M. - Leibovich de Figueroa, N. - Schmidt, V. - Ahn, C. - Ahn, H. - Aguilar-Vafaie, M.E. - Siuta, J. - Szmigielska, B. - Cain, T.R. - Crawford, J.T. - Mastor, K.A. - Rolland, J. P. - Nansubuga, F. - Miramontez, D.R. - Benet-Martínez, V. - Rossier, J. - Bratko, D. - Marušić, I. - Halberstadt, J. - Knežević, G. - Martin, T. A. - Gheorghiu, M. - Smith, P. B. - Barbaranelli, C. - Wang, L. - Shakespeare-Finch, J. - Lima, M.P. - Klinkosz, W. - Sekowski, A. - Alcalay, L. - Simonetti, F. - Avdeyeva, T.V. - Pramila, V.S. - Terracciano, A.
Gender Stereotypes of Personality: Universal and Accurate?
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Roč. 45, č. 5 (2014), s. 675-694. ISSN 0022-0221. E-ISSN 1552-5422
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA13-25656S
Institutional support: RVO:68081740
Keywords : personality * gender/sex roles * development
Subject RIV: AN - Psychology
Impact factor: 1.929, year: 2014
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Very little is known how perceived gender differences in five-factor personality vary across age groups and national contexts and to what extent they accurately reflect assessed sex differences in personality. To address these questions, we analyzed responses from 3,323 individuals across 26 nations who were asked to rate personality traits of typical men or women in three age groups (adolescent, adult, and older adult) in their respective nations. Raters perceived women as slightly higher in openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness as well as some aspects of extraversion and neuroticism. Perceived gender differences were fairly consistent across nations and target age groups and mapped closely onto assessed sex differences in self- and observer-rated personality. Findings suggest that perceptions of actual sex differences may play a more important role than culturally based gender roles and socialization processes.
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