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Masculinity might be more toxic than we think: the influence of gender roles on trait emotional manipulation
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Grieve, R and March, E and Van Doorn, G, Masculinity might be more toxic than we think: the influence of gender roles on trait emotional manipulation, Personality and Individual Differences, 138 pp. 157-162. ISSN 0191-8869 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2018 Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.042
Abstract
Previous research has established sex differences in emotional manipulation; specifically, men are more likely
than women to engage in emotional manipulation. This study aimed to explicate these sex differences by investigating,
for the first time, the influence of gender roles in the prediction of trait emotional manipulation.
Participants were 435 females and 139 males (N = 574) who reported their levels of masculine and feminine
gender roles, as well as primary and secondary psychopathy, trait emotional intelligence, and trait emotional
manipulation. Separate regressions were conducted for each sex. As predicted, for both males and females,
masculine gender roles positively predicted emotional manipulation. For males, no other predictors were significant,
however there was evidence of statistical suppression for feminine gender roles. For females, low female
gender roles, high primary and secondary psychopathy, and high emotional intelligence all significantly predicted
emotional manipulation; the effect of emotional intelligence was via statistical suppression. This study
represents an important first step in understanding the interplay between socialisation and emotional manipulation.
Future research would benefit from using a longitudinal approach to determine whether emotional
manipulation can be reduced through shifting gender roles.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | emotional manipulation; gender roles, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, emotional intelligence |
Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Social and personality psychology |
Research Field: | Personality and individual differences |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
UTAS Author: | Grieve, R (Dr Rachel Grieve) |
ID Code: | 128573 |
Year Published: | 2019 (online first 2018) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 7 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2018-10-01 |
Last Modified: | 2020-08-07 |
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