TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Status-based expectancies for aggression, with regard to gender differences in aggression in social psychological research
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - Conway, M.
A1  - Irannejad, S
A1  - Giannopoulos, Constantina
SP  - 381
EP  - 398
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
N2  - Meta-analyses of social psychological research have identified gender differences in aggression [Bettencourt and Miller, 1996; Eagly and Steffen, 1986], which have been understood to date in terms of social role theory [Eagly, 1987]. The present studies examined the hypothesis that women's lower status relative to men can account for these observed differences. Participants in Study I were presented low- and high-status targets, with status unconfounded with gender, and reported their perceptions of these targets' aggression. Perceptions were for features addressed in the meta-analyses. As expected, low- relative to high-status individuals were generally perceived in a manner analogous to how women relative to men are portrayed in the meta-analyses. Participants in Study 2 reported on their perceptions of women's and men's aggression; findings also generally conformed to those of the meta-analyses. Findings are discussed in terms of a status account of gender. <p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -