Gender-Role Differences in Spatial Ability: A Meta-Analytic Review
Gender-Role Differences in Spatial Ability: A Meta-Analytic Review
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10.1007/s11199-013-0269-0
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2013-05-01
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3.8
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Neumann, David L.
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Reilly, David;Neumann, David L.
尽管教育工作者和认知研究人员都对高度性别类型认知能力的性别差异非常感兴趣，但在理解导致这些差异的心理过程方面取得的进展相对较少。纳什(1979)提出了性别角色中介假说来解释这种差异，并特别强调了空间能力。然而，几十年来性别平等和性别陈规定型观念的变化值得重新审视性别角色协会是否仍然有效(Feingold 1988)。对12项研究进行了元分析，这些研究考察了性别角色认同和心理旋转表现。这些研究包括来自英国、加拿大、波兰、克罗地亚和美利坚合众国的研究。男性气质的平均效应大小男性为r=0.30，女性为r=0.23；未发现女性气质与心理旋转之间的关联。这一效应的大小比西格诺雷拉和贾米森(1986)之前发现的稍大，也超过了许多其他已知的影响空间能力的因素。讨论了性别角色中介对性别差异的影响，并确定了未来的研究方向。
Although gender-related differences in highly gender typed cognitive abilities are of considerable interest to educators and cognitive researchers alike, relatively little progress has been made in understanding the psychological processes that lead to them. Nash (1979) proposed a gender-role mediation hypothesis for such differences, with particular emphasis on spatial ability. However, changes in gender equality and gender stereotypes in the decades since merit a re-examination of whether a gender-role association still holds (Feingold 1988). A meta-analysis of 12 studies that examined gender-role identity and mental rotation performance was conducted. These included studies from the United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Croatia, and the United States of America. The mean effect size for masculinity was r = .30 for men and r = .23 for women; no association was found between femininity and mental rotation. This effect size was slightly larger than that found previously by Signorella and Jamison (1986), and exceeds many other factors known to influence spatial ability. The implications of gender-role mediation of gender differences are discussed and future research directions are identified.