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Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models

ContributorsKosakowska-Berezecka, Nataszaorcid; Bosson, Jennifer K.orcid; Jurek, Paweł; Besta, Tomaszorcid; Olech, Michał; Vandello, Joseph A.; Bender, Michael; Dandy, Justine; Hoorens, Vera; Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga; Mankowski, Eric; Venäläinen, Satuorcid; Abuhamdeh, Sami; Agyemang, Collins Badu; Akbaş, Gülçin; Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihanorcid; Ammirati, Soline; Anderson, Joel; Anjum, Gulnazorcid; Ariyanto, Amarina; Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R.; Ashraf, Mujeebaorcid; Bakaitytė, Aistė; Becker, Majaorcid; Bertolli, Chiara; Bërxulli, Dashamir; Best, Deborah L.orcid; Bi, Chongzengorcid; Block, Katharina; Boehnke, Mandy; Bongiorno, Renata; Bosak, Janine; Casini, Annalisa; Chen, Qingweiorcid; Chi, Peilianorcid; Cubela Adoric, Veraorcid; Daalmans, Serena; de Lemus, Soledad; Dhakal, Sandeshorcid; Dvorianchikov, Nikolayorcid; Egami, Sonoko; Etchezahar, Edgardo; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Froehlich, Lauraorcid; Garcia-Sanchez, Efrainorcid; Gavreliuc, Alin; Gavreliuc, Dana; Gomez, Ángel; Guizzo, Francesca; Graf, Sylvie; Greijdanus, Hedy; Grigoryan, Ani; Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Joannaorcid; Guerch, Keltouma; Gustafsson Sendén, Marie; Hale, Miriam-Linnea; Hämer, Hannah; Hirai, Mika; Hoang Duc, Lam; Hřebíčková, Martina; Hutchings, Paul B.; Jensen, Dorthe Høj; Karabati, Serdarorcid; Kelmendi, Kaltrinaorcid; Kengyel, Gabriella; Khachatryan, Narineorcid; Ghazzawi, Rawan; Kinahan, Mary; Kirby, Teri A.orcid; Kovacs, Monika; Kozlowski, Desiree; Krivoshchekov, Vladislavorcid; Kryś, Kuba; Kulich, Claraorcid; Kurosawa, Tai; Lac An, Nhan Thi; Labarthe-Carrara, Javier; Lauri, Mary Anne; Latu, Ioana; Lawal, Abiodun Musbau; Li, Junyi; Lindner, Jana; Lindqvist, Anna; Maitner, Angela T.; Makarova, Elena; Makashvili, Ana; Malayeri, Shera; Malik, Sadia; Mancini, Tiziana; Manzi, Claudia; Mari, Silviaorcid; Martiny, Sarah E.; Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Mihić, Vladimirorcid; MiloševićĐorđević, Jasna; Moreno-Bella, Eva; Moscatelli, Silvia; Moynihan, Andrew Bryan; Muller, Dominique; Narhetali, Eritaorcid
Published inSocial psychological & personality science, 194855062211296
Publication date2022-11-07
First online date2022-11-07
Abstract

Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal theorists suggest that gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in more egalitarian countries, reflecting the greater autonomy support and flexible self-construction processes present in these countries. Using data from 62 countries ( N = 28,640), we examine binary gender gaps in agentic and communal self-views as a function of country-level objective gender equality (the Global Gender Gap Index) and subjective distributions of social power (the Power Distance Index). Findings show that in more egalitarian countries, gender gaps in agency are smaller and gender gaps in communality are larger. These patterns are driven primarily by cross-country differences in men’s self-views and by the Power Distance Index (PDI) more robustly than the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI). We consider possible causes and implications of these findings.

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KOSAKOWSKA-BEREZECKA, Natasza et al. Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. In: Social psychological & personality science, 2022, p. 194855062211296. doi: 10.1177/19485506221129687
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