| Title |
The Distance Between Mars and Venus: Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0029265 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marco Del Giudice, Tom Booth, Paul Irwing |
| Abstract |
Sex differences in personality are believed to be comparatively small. However, research in this area has suffered from significant methodological limitations. We advance a set of guidelines for overcoming those limitations: (a) measure personality with a higher resolution than that afforded by the Big Five; (b) estimate sex differences on latent factors; and (c) assess global sex differences with multivariate effect sizes. We then apply these guidelines to a large, representative adult sample, and obtain what is presently the best estimate of global sex differences in personality. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 46 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 5% |
| Spain | 10 | 4% |
| Australia | 5 | 2% |
| Germany | 5 | 2% |
| Canada | 5 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 2% |
| Finland | 3 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 26 | 10% |
| Unknown | 140 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 213 | 82% |
| Scientists | 28 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 11 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 8 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| Germany | 4 | 1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 4% |
| Unknown | 325 | 89% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 66 | 18% |
| Researcher | 48 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 48 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 12% |
| Professor | 30 | 8% |
| Other | 82 | 23% |
| Unknown | 45 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 165 | 45% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 4% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 59 | 16% |
| Unknown | 60 | 16% |