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

• Main Authors: Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza, Boson, Jennifer K., Jurek, Pawel, Besta, Tomasz, Olech, Michal, Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R *
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: HM Sociology; HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2707/; https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687
• Institution: Sunway University

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 shou...