Circle of Friends or Members of a Group? Sex Differences in Relational and Collective Attachment to Groups
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- Elizabeth A. Seeley
- Amherst College,
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- Wendi L. Gardner
- Northwestern University
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- Ginger Pennington
- University of Chicago
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- Shira Gabriel
- SUNY Buffalo
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<jats:p> In the current investigation, we studied sex differences in belonging needs by exploring men's and women's attachment to groups. Previous work has shown that women's social needs tend to be expressed in terms of relational bonds, whereas men's also have a strong collective component (e.g. Gabriel & Gardner, 1999). In this research, we asked men and women to consider one of their important group memberships and to complete Prentice, Miller, and Lightdale's (1994) group attachment scales. In two studies, findings showed that the extent to which a woman was relationally attached (i.e. felt close to the other members of her group) was sufficient to explain the group's importance to her. In contrast, men's ratings of group importance depended upon the extent of both relational and collective attachment (i.e.attached to the group identity). Implications for real-world groups are discussed. </jats:p>
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- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 6 (3), 251-263, 2003-07
SAGE Publications
