The question of whether women are more empathic than males is a controversial issue. And even when the data suggest this is so the reasons why this might be are controversial. A study done in Spain: "psychological variables. This study contributes information on women’s greater empathic disposition in comparison with men by means of a longitudinal design in an adolescent population. 505 male and female adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years were evaluated at two different moments (grade 2 and grade 3, lower secondary education). They completed the Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents by Bryant and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index by Davis. The results confirm a greater empathic response in females than in males of the same age, differences growing with age. The sizes of the effect estimated in the second evaluation (average age 14 years) are large for emotional empathy and medium for cognitive empathy.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 04:08:35 +0000
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