Accentuating your masculine side. Agentic traits generally dominate self-evaluation, even in China.

Autor/inn/en	Bi, Chongzeng; Ybarra, Oscar; Zhao, Yufang
Titel	Accentuating your masculine side. Agentic traits generally dominate self-evaluation, even in China.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 44 (2013) 2, S. 103-108Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000144
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Handlung; Selbsteinschätzung; Selbstwertgefühl; Soziale Kognition; Soziale Norm; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Weiblichkeit; Männlichkeit
Abstract	Recent research investigating self-judgment has shown that people are more likely to base their evaluations of self on agency-related traits than communion-related traits. In the present research, we tested the hypothesis that agency-related traits dominate self-evaluation by expanding the purview of the fundamental dimensions to consider characteristics typically studied in the gender-role literature, but that nevertheless should be related to agency and communion. Further, we carried out these tests on two samples from China, a cultural context that, relative to many Western countries, emphasizes the interpersonal or communion dimension. Despite the differences in traits used and cultural samples studied, the findings generally supported the agency dominates self-esteem perspective, albeit with some additional findings in Study 2. The findings are discussed with regard to the influence of social norms and the types of inferences people are able to draw about themselves given such norms. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/1