What's Fine for the Gander Isn't Always Good for the Goose: Sex Differences in Self-Confidence as a Function of Ability Area and Comparison with Others.

Lenney, Ellen

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ERIC Number: EJ251789

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Publication Date: 1981-Sep

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What's Fine for the Gander Isn't Always Good for the Goose: Sex Differences in Self-Confidence as a Function of Ability Area and Comparison with Others.

Lenney, Ellen

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v7 n9 p905-24 Sep 1981

Reports experimental research testing the following hypotheses: (1) sex differences in self-confidence are a function of a particular ability area; and (2) self-confidence of women is more influenced than men's by the characteristics of the particular individual with whom they compare themselves. (Author/EF)

Descriptors: Ability, College Students, Females, Locus of Control, Males, Peer Influence, Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data

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Language: English

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