Item #549
Women have more empathy and higher altruistic values; men have more altruistic love (i.e. – sacrifice/selflessness)
Topic: Dimorphism
Source
Citation: Altruism and Empathy in America: Trends and Correlates, pp. 13-14
Author(s): Smith
Institution(s): University of Chicago
Link: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060209.altruism.pdf
Nation(s): United States
Year(s): 2006
Source: Primary
Type: Statistical Analysis
Discussion
Other Notes:
p. 4 – Empathy and altruistic values are strongly correlated, but only moderately correlated to altruistic behaviors | pp. 13-14 – there are no correlations between altruistic behavior and gender | p. 7 – “Among men altruistic love did not vary by labor-force status, but among women those in the labor force had lower scores than homemakers or the retired.” | pp. 9, 12 – “Altruistic love was associated with greater happiness in general and especially with more marital happiness.”
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