Gender Differences in Communicative Abstraction

Volume: 118, Issue: 3, Pages: 417 - 435
Published: Mar 1, 2020
Abstract
Drawing on construal level theory, which suggests that experiencing a communicative audience as proximal rather than distal leads speakers to frame messages more concretely, we examine gender differences in linguistic abstraction. In a meta-analysis of prior studies examining the effects of distance on communication, we find that women communicate more concretely than men when an audience is described as being psychologically close. These gender...
Paper Details
Title
Gender Differences in Communicative Abstraction
Published Date
Mar 1, 2020
Volume
118
Issue
3
Pages
417 - 435
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