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1、JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychologyMenandWomenAreFromEarth:ExaminingtheLatentStructureofGenderBobbiJ.CarothersandHarryT.ReisOnlineFirstPublication,October22,2012.doi:10.1037/a0030437CITATIONCarothers,B.J.,&Reis,H.T.(2012,October22).MenandWomenAreFromEarth:ExaminingtheLatentStructureofGender.Jour
2、nalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology.Advanceonlinepublication.doi:10.1037/a0030437JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology©2012AmericanPsychologicalAssociation2012,Vol.103,No.12,0000022-3514/12/$12.00DOI:10.1037/a0030437MenandWomenAreFromEarth:ExaminingtheLatentStructureofGenderBobbiJ.CarothersHarryT.
3、ReisWashingtonUniversityinSt.LouisUniversityofRochesterTaxometricmethodsenabledeterminationofwhetherthelatentstructureofaconstructisdimensionalortaxonic(nonarbitrarycategories).Althoughsexasabiologicalcategoryistaxonic,psychologicalgenderdifferenceshavenotbeenexaminedinthisway.Thetaxometricmethodsof
4、meanaboveminusbelowacut,maximumeigenvalue,andlatentmodewereusedtoinvestigatewhethergenderistaxonicordimensional.Behavioralmeasuresofstereotypedhobbiesandphysiologicalcharacteristics(physicalstrength,anthropometricmeasurements)wereexaminedforvalidationpurposes,andweretaxonicbysex.Psychologicalindicat
5、orsincludedsexualityandmating(sexualattitudesandbehaviors,mateselectivity,sociosexualorientation),interpersonalorientation(empathy,relational-interdependentself-construal),gender-relateddispositions(masculinity,femininity,careorientation,unmitigatedcommunion,fearofsuccess,scienceinclination,BigFivep
6、ersonality),andintimacy(intimacyprototypesandstages,socialprovisions,intimacywithbestfriend).Constructswerewithfewexceptionsdimensional,speakingtoSpence’s(1993)genderidentitytheory.Averagedifferencesbetweenmenandwomenarenotunderdispute,butthedimensionalityofgenderindicatesthatthesedifferencesareinap
7、propriatefordiagnosinggender-typicalpsychologicalvariablesonthebasisofsex.Keywords:gender,taxometric,latentstructure,personality,sexdifferencesSupplementalmaterials:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0030437.