Sex Differences in the Judgment of Interpersonal Verbs.

Thompson, Eileen G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ249716

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Publication Date: 1981

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Sex Differences in the Judgment of Interpersonal Verbs.

Thompson, Eileen G.; And Others

Psychology of Women Quarterly, v5 n4 p523-31 Sum 1981

Studied subjects' judgments concerning the affective and control connotations of sentences describing interpersonal relationships. Females judged interpersonal relations to be more extreme in affect while males judged the same relations to be more extreme in control. Implications for communication problems between individuals of opposite sex were discussed. (Author)

Descriptors: Affective Measures, Communication Problems, Individual Power, Interpersonal Relationship, Personality Traits, Sex Differences, Verbal Communication, Verbs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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