Age and Sex Differences on the State-Trait Personality Inventory

Stoner, Sue B.; Spencer, W. Boyd

doi:10.2466/pr0.1986.59.3.1315

Cited by 17 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In a subsequent study, Stoner and Spencer (1987) administered the Anger Expression Scale to a sample of individuals with a greater age range (21 to 83 years) and found no gender difference on either suppressed or outwardly expressed anger. These same researchers (Stoner & Spencer, 1986) had previously found no gender difference with anger in a similar study using the State-Trait Personality Inventory. Other researchers have similarly reported no gender difference in the expression or suppression of anger among college students (Balswick, 1988) and middle-age individuals (Thomas, 1989) with findings based primarily on self-report data.…”

Section: Research On Anger As a Function Of Gendermentioning

confidence: 72%

Anger and Gender: Theory, Research, and Implications

Sharkin

1993

Jour of Counseling & Develop

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Research On Anger As a Function Of Gendermentioning

confidence: 72%

Anger and Gender: Theory, Research, and Implications

Sharkin

1993

Jour of Counseling & Develop

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…However, such investigations have produced a highly contradictory pattern of findings. Although many studies have detected significant relationships between curiosity and variables such as age (Vidler, 1977), gender (Stoner & Spencer, 1986) and socioeconomic status (S. Kreitler, Zigler, & Kreitler, 1984), other studies have yielded null results for the same variables (e.g., Camp, Rodrigue, & Olson, 1984; Engelhard & Monsaas, 1988), and statistically significant findings often differ in sign.…”

Section: Curiosity's Definition and Dimensionalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The psychology of curiosity: A review and reinterpretation.

Loewenstein¹

1994

Psychological Bulletin

1,896

1,674

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Research on curiosity has undergone 2 waves of intense activity. The 1st, in the 1960s, focused mainly on curiosity's psychological underpinnings. The 2nd, in the 1970s and 1980s, was characterized by attempts to measure curiosity and assess its dimensionality. This article reviews these contributions with a concentration on the 1st wave. It is argued that theoretical accounts of curiosity proposed during the 1st period fell short in 2 areas: They did not offer an adequate explanation for why people voluntarily seek out curiosity, and they failed to delineate situational determinants of curiosity. Furthermore, these accounts did not draw attention to, and thus did not explain, certain salient characteristics of curiosity: its intensity, transience, association with impulsivity, and tendency to disappoint when satisfied. A new account of curiosity is offered that attempts to address these shortcomings. The new account interprets curiosity as a form of cognitively induced deprivation that arises from the perception of a gap in knowledge or understanding. Curiosity is the most superficial of all the affections; it changes its object perpetually; it has an appetite which is very sharp, but very easily satisfied; and it has always an appearance of giddiness, restlessness and anxiety.

show abstract

“…Trait curiosity represents a stable, enduring personality characteristic (see Boyle, 1971; Naylor, 1981). Stoner and Spencer (1986), using the Spielberger State–Trait Personality Inventory (Spielberger, 1979), investigated state and trait curiosity across the adult life span (ages 21 to 83 years) and found no age differences. In an experimental study of curiosity, Rossing and Long (1981) presented adult learners with the outcomes of 10 psychological experiments.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Curiosity and stimulation seeking across the adult life span: Cross-sectional and 6- to 8-year longitudinal findings.

Giambra¹,

Camp²,

Grodsky³

1992

Psychology and Aging

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Giambra (1977-1978, 1979-1980) found that 2 scales of the Imaginal Processes Inventory measuring curiosity (i.e., information seeking) did not change across the adult life span, but 2 measuring stimulation seeking (i.e., boredom) for external stimulation need significantly decreased with age. In this study, these outcomes were replicated (1,356 men and 1,080 women 17 to 92 years old). In addition, a 6- to 8-year longitudinal repeat was obtained on 222 men and 124 women. Significant longitudinal declines were obtained for the stimulation-seeking measures. Furthermore, women showed an increase in impersonal-mechanical curiosity and a decline in interpersonal curiosity, though the amount of change was modest. Men were unchanged on both curiosity measures. Gender differences in longitudinal changes apparently reflected effects of socialization as well as tendencies toward displaying increased androgyny with advancing age.

show abstract

Age and Sex Differences on the State-Trait Personality Inventory

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Anger and Gender: Theory, Research, and Implications

Anger and Gender: Theory, Research, and Implications

The psychology of curiosity: A review and reinterpretation.

Curiosity and stimulation seeking across the adult life span: Cross-sectional and 6- to 8-year longitudinal findings.

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About