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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 relations

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Date of first publication

2017-03-13

Journal title

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volume

5

Issue

1

Page numbers

117–141

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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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
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Chernyak-Hai, Lily
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Halabi, Samer
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Nadler, Arie
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-26T12:45:38Z
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    2018-11-26T12:45:38Z
  • Date of first publication
    2017-03-13
  • 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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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    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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  • ISSN
    2195-3325
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1428
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1814
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i1.609
  • Keyword(s)
    gender stereotypes
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  • Keyword(s)
    achievement domain
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  • Keyword(s)
    autonomy/dependency-oriented help
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  • Keyword(s)
    power relations
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Gendered help: Effects of gender and realm of achievement on autonomy- versus dependency-oriented help giving
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • Page numbers
    117–141
  • Volume
    5
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