Citation
Simon, Robin W. (2014). Sociological Scholarship on Gender Differences in Emotion and Emotional Well-Being in the United States: A Snapshot of the Field.
Emotion Review. vol. 6 (3) pp. 196-201
Abstract
This article provides a brief overview of scholarship on gender differences in emotion and emotional well-being among adults in the United States, highlighting major substantive findings, methodological innovations, and theoretical developments that have emerged in the sociologies of emotion and mental health. Sociological research consistently finds that men report more frequent positive and less frequent negative feelings than women as well as gender differences in both the experience and expression of emotional distress. Sociologists attribute these gendered patterns of emotion to the larger social, economic, and cultural context surrounding women and men. Overall, by identifying macro- and meso-level social causes of microlevel emotional processes, sociologists have made significant contributions to knowledge about gender differences in emotion and emotional well-being in the US.
URL
http://emr.sagepub.com/content/6/3/196.abstractReference Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
Emotion Review
Author(s)
Simon, Robin W.
Year Published
2014
Volume Number
6
Issue Number
3
Pages
196-201
DOI
10.1177/1754073914522865
Reference ID
4990
