Item #549
Women have more empathy and higher altruistic values; men have more altruistic love (i.e. - sacrifice/selflessness)
Topic: DimorphismSource
Citation: Altruism and Empathy in America: Trends and Correlates, pp. 13-14 Author(s): Smith Institution(s): University of Chicago Link: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060209.altruism.pdf Nation(s): United States Year(s): 2006 Source: Primary Type: Statistical AnalysisDiscussion
Other Notes:p. 4 - Empathy and altruistic values are strongly correlated, but only moderately correlated to altruistic behaviors | pp. 13-14 - there are no correlations between altruistic behavior and gender | p. 7 - "Among men altruistic love did not vary by labor-force status, but among women those in the labor force had lower scores than homemakers or the retired." | pp. 9, 12 - "Altruistic love was associated with greater happiness in general and especially with more marital happiness."