Men and women really do have fundamentally different characteristics, according to a study which has confirmed many longheld gender sterotypes.
A new analysis of a survey of 10,000 people found that each sex has firmly entrenched characteristics, with women showing more sensitivity, warmth and apprehension than men.
In contrast, emotional stability, dominance, rule-consciousness and vigilance are more typically male characteristics, experts said.
Previous research has claimed that that average personality differences between men and women are small.
But the new analysis published in the Public Library of Science One journal revealed that each sex shares a distinct set of characteristics, with just 18 per cent of men having a typically female set of traits or vice versa.
Past studies have shown that men and women average similar scores on the 16PF5 ââ¬â a well-known and frequently used measure of personality.
But by estimating the average difference in men's and women's scores on each of the test's 15 different measures of personality, and comparing them against one another, researchers found that in fact the sexes shared less ground than previously thought.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...en-and-women-have-distinct-personalities.html
A new analysis of a survey of 10,000 people found that each sex has firmly entrenched characteristics, with women showing more sensitivity, warmth and apprehension than men.
In contrast, emotional stability, dominance, rule-consciousness and vigilance are more typically male characteristics, experts said.
Previous research has claimed that that average personality differences between men and women are small.
But the new analysis published in the Public Library of Science One journal revealed that each sex shares a distinct set of characteristics, with just 18 per cent of men having a typically female set of traits or vice versa.
Past studies have shown that men and women average similar scores on the 16PF5 ââ¬â a well-known and frequently used measure of personality.
But by estimating the average difference in men's and women's scores on each of the test's 15 different measures of personality, and comparing them against one another, researchers found that in fact the sexes shared less ground than previously thought.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...en-and-women-have-distinct-personalities.html
