Naslov
Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus: Gender Differences in Affective Processing

Autori
Juničić, Nataša ; Wertag, Anja ; Sučić, Ines

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

ISBN
978-953-8014-36-9

Skup
2. međunarodni znanstveno-stručni skup: Mozak i um: promicanje dobrobiti pojedinca i zajednice

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 12.12.2019. - 14.12.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Gender Differences, Empathy, Affective Processing

Sažetak
Emotion recognition and appropriate emotional reaction to affective stimuli are essential prerequisites for empathy and development of successful relationships. But, different evolutionary challenges and socio-cultural influences both sexes face should manifest themselves in a differential activation of motivational systems and, consequently, gender differences in processing of affective stimuli. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate gender differences and the role of empathy in affective processing using a multimethod approach. The study was conducted on a convenience sample of 47 adults (43% male, M age = 22). Firstly, they completed the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy questionnaire, followed by emotion recognition and picture-rating tasks presented on tablets. In the emotion recognition task, en face photographs showing six basic emotions from The Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces were presented to the participants whose objective was to correctly label the emotions. In the picture-rating task, pictures differing in valence and arousal were selected from the International Affective Picture and presented to the participants who completed self-report measures of emotional experience after each trial. The reaction time was measured during both tasks. The results showed that higher empathy was generally linked to higher accuracy in emotion recognition task. Females were both marginally more accurate than males in recognizing emotions and faster in recognizing all emotions except disgust. Additionally, females evaluated neutral pictures more positively, and negative ones more negatively than males, the latter effect primarily being driven by the more negative reactions to pictures depicting mutilation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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