Gendered help: Effects of gender and realm of achievement on autonomy- versus dependency-oriented help giving
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Chernyak-Hai, Lily
Halabi, Samer
Nadler, Arie
Abstract / Description
Building on research on helping relations and gender stereotypes, the present research explored the effects of gender-stereotypical perceptions on willingness to offer dependency- and autonomy-oriented help to women and men. Two studies were conducted in a 2 (Gender of the person in need) × 2 (Domain of achievement) between-participants design. Study 1 examined future success expectations of male versus female students needing help in performing either a stereotypically masculine or a stereotypically feminine academic task, and the kind of help participants preferred to offer them. Study 2 further explored perceptions of male versus female students who exhibited long-term failure in a gender-stereotypical versus non-stereotypical academic task, perceptions of their intellectual and social abilities, feelings toward them, attributions of their need, and the preferred way of helping. Our findings indicate that women failing in a stereotypically masculine domain may expect others to give them dependency- rather than autonomy-oriented help, and judge their traits and abilities in an unflattering manner. In other words, gender achievement stereotypes create a social context where helping interactions reproduce power and status discrepancies.
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gender stereotypes achievement domain autonomy/dependency-oriented help power relationsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-03-13
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
5
Issue
1
Page numbers
117–141
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Chernyak-Hai, L., Halabi, S., & Nadler, A. (2017). Gendered help: Effects of gender and realm of achievement on autonomy- versus dependency-oriented help giving. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(1), 117–141. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i1.609
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Chernyak-Hai, Lily
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Halabi, Samer
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Nadler, Arie
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Date of first publication2017-03-13
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Abstract / DescriptionBuilding on research on helping relations and gender stereotypes, the present research explored the effects of gender-stereotypical perceptions on willingness to offer dependency- and autonomy-oriented help to women and men. Two studies were conducted in a 2 (Gender of the person in need) × 2 (Domain of achievement) between-participants design. Study 1 examined future success expectations of male versus female students needing help in performing either a stereotypically masculine or a stereotypically feminine academic task, and the kind of help participants preferred to offer them. Study 2 further explored perceptions of male versus female students who exhibited long-term failure in a gender-stereotypical versus non-stereotypical academic task, perceptions of their intellectual and social abilities, feelings toward them, attributions of their need, and the preferred way of helping. Our findings indicate that women failing in a stereotypically masculine domain may expect others to give them dependency- rather than autonomy-oriented help, and judge their traits and abilities in an unflattering manner. In other words, gender achievement stereotypes create a social context where helping interactions reproduce power and status discrepancies.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationChernyak-Hai, L., Halabi, S., & Nadler, A. (2017). Gendered help: Effects of gender and realm of achievement on autonomy- versus dependency-oriented help giving. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(1), 117–141. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i1.609en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1428
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1814
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i1.609
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Keyword(s)gender stereotypesen_US
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Keyword(s)achievement domainen_US
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Keyword(s)autonomy/dependency-oriented helpen_US
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Keyword(s)power relationsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleGendered help: Effects of gender and realm of achievement on autonomy- versus dependency-oriented help givingen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers117–141
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Volume5
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