Citation

Weitz S. Sex Roles 1976; 2(2): 175-184.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00287250

PMID

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the relationship between sex-role attitudes, affiliation, and dominance and nonverbal communication styles in men and women in same- and opposite-sex dyads. Women were found to elicit more warmth and men more anxiety from their partners. Evidence was found for a possible monitoring mechanism through which women adjust their nonverbal communications to fit the male in the interaction. Liberalism in sex-role attitudes was found to correlate with nonverbal warmth in men. The nonverbal presentations of men and women in the microprocesses of dyadic interaction were found to relate significantly to the macrostructure of societal sex roles.