"Guys can't say that to guys": Four experiments assessing the normative motivation account for deficiencies in the emotional support provided by men
"Guys can't say that to guys": Four experiments assessing the normative motivation account for deficiencies in the emotional support provided by men
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DOI：
10.1080/03637750500322636
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Gilstrap, CM
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作者：
Burleson, BR;Holmstrom, AJ;Gilstrap, CM
男性在试图安慰他人时，不太可能像女性那样提供敏感的情感支持。本文报告了四个实验，测试了这种性别差异的规范性动机帐户，它坚持认为，男性采用不太敏感的信息，因为他们希望避免采取行动，他们认为作为一个女性的方式。我们提出目标性别和性别图式影响安慰行为的知觉规范性，并检验了这些变量如何影响：参与者对帮助者行为规范性的判断（实验1）;帮助者的目标，反映在对支持情况下可能追求的不同目的的重要性的判断中（实验2）;帮助者的计划，反映在不同的安慰信息的适当性的判断（实验3）;和帮助者的行动，反映在口头消息安慰苦恼的朋友（实验4）。这些研究支持了规范动机的解释，但也表明其他因素影响安慰行为。
Men are less likely than women to provide sensitive emotional support when attempting to comfort others. This paper reports four experiments that tested a normative motivation account for this sex difference, which maintains that men employ less sensitive messages because they desire to avoid acting in what they view as a feminine manner. We propose that target sex and gender schematicity influence the perceived normativeness of comforting behaviors and examined how these variables affected: participants' judgments of the normativeness of helpers' behavior (Experiment 1); helpers' goals, as reflected in judgments about the importance of different ends that might be pursued in support situations (Experiment 2); helpers' plans, as reflected in judgments about the appropriateness of different comforting messages (Experiment 3); and helpers' actions, as reflected in the verbal messages produced to comfort distressed friends (Experiment 4). These studies supported the normative motivation account, but also indicated that other factors influence comforting behavior.