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| Title |
The Distance Between Mars and Venus: Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0029265 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marco Del Giudice, Tom Booth, Paul Irwing |
| Abstract |
Sex differences in personality are believed to be comparatively small. However, research in this area has suffered from significant methodological limitations. We advance a set of guidelines for overcoming those limitations: (a) measure personality with a higher resolution than that afforded by the Big Five; (b) estimate sex differences on latent factors; and (c) assess global sex differences with multivariate effect sizes. We then apply these guidelines to a large, representative adult sample, and obtain what is presently the best estimate of global sex differences in personality. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 261 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 46 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 7% |
| Spain | 10 | 4% |
| Australia | 5 | 2% |
| Germany | 5 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 2% |
| Finland | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 25 | 10% |
| Unknown | 141 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 215 | 82% |
| Scientists | 28 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 11 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 367 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| Germany | 4 | 1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 4% |
| Unknown | 328 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 66 | 18% |
| Researcher | 48 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 48 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 12% |
| Professor | 31 | 8% |
| Other | 84 | 23% |
| Unknown | 45 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 167 | 46% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 4% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 60 | 16% |
| Unknown | 60 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 415. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 May 2024.
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#72,841
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#1,212
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#260
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#13
of 3,043 outputs
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