Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Free Access - Register Here

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (31)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Barrett, L. F.
Right arrow Articles by Schwartz, G. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Barrett, L. F.
Right arrow Articles by Schwartz, G. E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 9, 1027-1035 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/01461672002611001

Sex Differences in Emotional Awareness

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Boston College, barretli{at}bc.edu

Richard D. Lane

University of Arizona, lane{at}u.arizona.edu

Lee Sechrest

University of Arizona

Gary E. Schwartz

University of Arizona

The present study examined sex differences in the complexity and differentiation of people’s 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.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Schizophr BullHome page
W. P. Horan, J. J. Blanchard, L. A. Clark, and M. F. Green
Affective Traits in Schizophrenia and Schizotypy
Schizophr Bull, September 1, 2008; 34(5): 856 - 874.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Group Processes Intergroup RelationsHome page
K. McRae, K. N. Ochsner, I. B. Mauss, J. J. D. Gabrieli, and J. J. Gross
Gender Differences in Emotion Regulation: An fMRI Study of Cognitive Reappraisal
Group Processes Intergroup Relations, April 1, 2008; 11(2): 143 - 162.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Educational PolicyHome page
D. G. Cornell, J. A. Krosnick, and L. Chang
Student Reactions to Being Wrongly Informed of Failing a High-Stakes Test: The Case of the Minnesota Basic Standards Test
Educational Policy, November 1, 2006; 20(5): 718 - 751.
[Abstract] [PDF]