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A socio-relational framework of sex differences in the expression of emotion

Vigil, Jacob Miguel·2009·Behavioral and Brain Sciences
DOI 10.1017/s0140525x09991075
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Abstract

Despite a staggering body of research demonstrating sex differences in expressed emotion, very few theoretical models (evolutionary or non-evolutionary) offer a critical examination of the adaptive nature of such differences. From the perspective of a socio-relational framework, emotive behaviors evolved to promote the attraction and aversion of different types of relationships by advertising the two most parsimonious properties of reciprocity potential, or perceived attractiveness as a prospective social partner. These are the individual's (a) perceived capacity or ability to provide expedient resources, or to inflict immediate harm onto others, and their (b) perceived trustworthiness or probability of actually reciprocating altruism (Vigil 2007). Depending on the unique social demands and relational constraints that each sex evolved, individuals should be sensitive to advertise "capacity" and "trustworthiness" cues through selective displays of dominant versus submissive and masculine versus feminine emotive behaviors, respectively. In this article, I introduce the basic theoretical assumptions and hypotheses of the framework, and show how the models provide a solid scaffold with which to begin to interpret common sex differences in the emotional development literature. I conclude by describing how the framework can be used to predict condition-based and situation-based variation in affect and other forms of expressive behaviors.

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Authors
Vigil, J. M.
Affiliations
University of North Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Vigil, Jacob Miguel
ORCID
Vigil, Jacob Miguel
Venue
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2009-10
Volume
32
Issue
5
Pages
375-390
ISSN
  • 0140-525X (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-1825
DOI
10.1017/s0140525x09991075
OpenAlex
W2168146063
Cited by
173
References
597
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 13
FWCI
16.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 13 d)
Locations
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
sex differences, emotional expression, evolutionary psychology, reciprocity, perceived attractiveness, trustworthiness, dominance, emotional development, emotional behavior, gender differences in emotion
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Child, Child Development, Culture, Facial Expression, Female, Hostility, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Nonverbal Communication, Sex Characteristics, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Social Perception, Verbal Behavior, Expressed Emotion, Trust, Femininity, Masculinity

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