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Hull, Laura; Mandy, William; Petrides, K. V. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Studies assessing sex/gender differences in autism spectrum conditions often fail to include typically developing control groups. It is, therefore, unclear whether observed sex/gender differences reflect those found in the general population or are particular to autism spectrum conditions. A systematic search identified articles comparing…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Females, Males, Gender Differences
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Stickle, Timothy R.; Marini, Victoria A.; Thomas, Jamila N. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
The current study investigated gender differences in types and correlates of aggression among 150 adjudicated youth (M age = 15.2, SD = 1.4). In cluster analysis, consistent with past studies, one aggressive group characterized by moderate levels of reactive aggression and one characterized by high levels of proactive and reactive aggression…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Multivariate Analysis, Severity (of Disability)
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Dalley-Trim, Leanne – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
This paper is founded upon the premise that "common sense" understandings about boys persist within schools and, given this continuing circulation of such understandings, advocates the need to critique such conceptualising. It does so on the grounds that such understandings, and the essentialist discursive knowledges informing these, fail to take…
Descriptors: Males, Masculinity, Criticism, Self Concept
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Blankenship, Jason; Starling, Randall; Woodall, W. G.; May, Philip A. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
New Mexico experienced a surge in the gaming industry during the mid-1990s with the initiation of a state lottery and other new gaming opportunities, as well as the development of many Indian gaming establishments. This paper explores patterns associated with gambling in two random samples of the adult population (N = 2674) in the entire State of…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Females, Correlation, Gender Differences
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Martin, John Levi – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2009
Social psychological investigations of hierarchy formation have been almost entirely confined to the case of task-oriented groups and hence have produced theories that turn on the existence of such a task. But other forms of vertical hierarchy may emerge in non-task groups. One form, orderings of dominance, has been studied among animals using…
Descriptors: Ethology, Males, Adolescents, Power Structure
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Muller, Susan M.; Gorrow, Teena R.; Schneider, Sidney R. – Journal of American College Health, 2009
Objective: The authors designed this study to determine if differences exist between male and female collegiate athletes' supplement use and behaviors to modify body appearance. Participants: Collegiate athletes who participated in this study were 241 females and 210 males, aged 17 to 28 years. Method: Participants completed a questionnaire about…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, Males, Females
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Lively, Kathryn – Social Forces, 2008
Recent studies suggest that gender may be less influential on the experience of emotion than originally believed. Most of these studies, however, have focused almost exclusively on gender differences in discrete emotional experiences, paying less attention to the ways in which emotions may co-occur within a relatively short period. Using the…
Descriptors: Females, Emotional Response, Gender Differences, Males
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Palomares, Nicholas A. – Human Communication Research, 2008
An experiment tested hypotheses derived from self-categorization theory's explanation for gender-based language use. Under high or low conditions of gender salience, men and women sent e-mail to an ostensible male or female recipient yielding either an intra- or an intergroup setting. Gender salience was manipulated so that the stereotypically…
Descriptors: Females, Sexual Identity, Gender Differences, Males
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Carroll, Jason S.; Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Nelson, Larry J.; Olson, Chad D.; McNamara Barry, Carolyn; Madsen, Stephanie D. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
This study examined correlates of pornography acceptance and use within a normative (nonclinical) population of emerging adults (individuals aged 18-26). Participants included 813 university students (500 women; M age = 20 years) recruited from six college sites across the United States. Participants completed online questionnaires regarding their…
Descriptors: Pornography, Use Studies, Sexuality, Females
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van Lier, Pol A. C.; van der Ende, Jan; Koot, Hans M.; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: To assess the co-occurrence in deviant trajectories of parent-rated symptoms of conduct disorder (CD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from age 4 to 18 years old in a general population sample of Dutch children. Methods: Developmental trajectories of CD, ODD, and ADHD were…
Descriptors: Females, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Gender Differences
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Shih, Hung-Pin – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2008
The evolution of the internet has made online portals a popular means of surfing the internet. In internet commerce, understanding the post-adoption behaviour of users of online portals can help enterprises to attract new users and retain existing customers. For predicting continued use intentions, this empirical study focused on applying and…
Descriptors: Females, Innovation, Internet, Males
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Sullivan, Sherry E.; Mainiero, Lisa A. – Career Development International, 2007
Purpose: The major purpose of this paper is to examine how gender differences impact the enactment of careers. An additional goal is to examine whether, as suggested by recent conceptualizations, careers are indeed becoming more boundary less. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on the results of two in-depth qualitative studies (n =…
Descriptors: Careers, Females, Gender Differences, Human Resources