Are Women More Likely than Men Are to Care Excessively about Maintaining Positive Social Relationships? A Meta-Analytic Review of the Gender Difference in Sociotropy.

Sociotropy is defined as the tendency to overemphasize maintaining positive social relationships (Beck 1983). Although the stereotype that women care more about interpersonal relationships than men do is well-documented (Cross and Madson 1997), the literature provides mixed support as to whether wom...

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Publicado en:Sex Roles Vol. 81; no. 3/4; pp. 157 - 173
Autores principales: Yang, Kaite, Girgus, Joan S.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2019
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