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DOI: 10.1177/01461672002611001 Sex Differences in Emotional AwarenessBoston College, barretli{at}bc.edu
University of Arizona, lane{at}u.arizona.edu
University of Arizona
University of Arizona The present study examined sex differences in the complexity and differentiation of peoples representations of emotional experience. Female participants from seven different samples, ranging in age, scholastic performance, socioeconomic status, and culture, scored higher on a performance test of emotional awareness than did male participants. Women consistently displayed more complexity and dif ferentiation in their articulations of emotional experiences than did men, even when the effect of verbal intelligence was controlled. Together, the findings suggest that a sex difference in display of emotional awareness is a stable, highly generalizable effect. Implications of these findings are presented.
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