Perspectives on Self and Other: Male-Female Differences in Perceptions of Communication Behavior
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1981
Keywords
Social Psychology, Communication Behavior, Stereotypical View
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288629
Abstract
Two studies were conducted to examine male-female differences in perceptions of subjects' own and their best-liked others' communication behavior. The results of the first study indicated that males and females hold relatively stereotypical views of their own communication behavior. Males perceived themselves as more controlling and detached, while females saw themselves as more nurturant and more dependent. The results from the second study indicated that the discriminating dimensions for the same-sex friendships of both males and females were attention-seeking and self-dramatizing communication behaviors. In an opposite-sex relationship, however, the discriminating communication behaviors for males and females were nurturance and dependency. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Sex Roles, v. 7, issue 5, p. 523-535
Scholar Commons Citation
Fitzpatrick, Mary Anne and Bochner, Arthur P., "Perspectives on Self and Other: Male-Female Differences in Perceptions of Communication Behavior" (1981). Communication Faculty Publications. 47.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/47
