Title

Retrospective Analysis of Gender Differences in Reaction to Media Coverage of Crisis Events: New Insights on the Justice and Care Orientation

Authors

Lisa A. Mainiero, Fairfield UniversityFollow
Donald E. Gibson, Fairfield UniversityFollow
Sherry E. Sullivan

Document Type

Article

Article Version

Post-print

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

We surveyed 2,125 men and 3,735 women (N = 5,860) across the USA to test hypothesized relationships regarding women’s and men’s use of justice and care orientations when they confront crisis events with moral implications. Consistent with previous research, we found that women were more likely than men to adopt a care orientation. Contrary to expectations, however, women also adopted a justice response to a greater degree than did men. We found that, in response to a crisis, women, unlike men, were more likely to believe they would connect with others and take action. Implications for explaining inconsistencies in prior research findings on the justice and care orientations, and for conceptualizing these important constructs in a new way, are discussed.

Comments

Copyright 2008 Springer Verlag

The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com

Publication Title

Sex Roles

Repository Citation

Mainiero, Lisa A.; Gibson, Donald E.; and Sullivan, Sherry E., "Retrospective Analysis of Gender Differences in Reaction to Media Coverage of Crisis Events: New Insights on the Justice and Care Orientation" (2008). Business Faculty Publications. 58.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/business-facultypubs/58

Published Citation

Mainiero, L.A., Gibson, D.E., & Sullivan, S.E. 2008. Retrospective Analysis of Gender Differences in Reaction to Media Coverage of Crisis Events: New Insights on the Justice and Care Orientation. Sex Roles, 58, 556-566.

DOI

10.1007/s11199-007-9365-3

Peer Reviewed