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Gender Differences in Moral Sensitivity: A Meta-Analysis
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This meta-analysis synthesizes quantitative findings of the gender differences in moral sensitivity retrieved from 19 primary studies. We found the average effect size of 0.25, favoring women, with a standard deviation of 0.14. The variation in the observed effect sizes could not be attributed to differences in participants' educational level, the utilized measure of moral sensitivity, or the publication format in which the study was reported. This suggests that gender differences in moral sensitivity are consistent across different levels of participants' education regardless of the instrument used to assess moral sensitivity or the format in which the research was reported.
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Moral development can differ by gender because of distinct gender-related socialization patterns.
“Existing literature has suggested that moral development can differ by gender because of distinct gender-related socialization patterns”
From Assessment of AI ethical reflection: the development and validation of the AI ethical reflection scale (AIERS) for university students (2025) · cites this paper as You et al., 2011
Gender differences in moral sensitivity can be attributed to the gender-related socialization of specific roles between females and males.
“Previous research has consistently documented significant gender differences in moral sensitivity, which can be attributed to the gender-related socialization of specific roles between females and males (You et al., 2011).”
From Assessment of AI ethical reflection: the development and validation of the AI ethical reflection scale (AIERS) for university students (2025) · cites this paper as You et al., 2011
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- Authors
- You, D., Maeda, Y., & Bebeau, M. J.
- Venue
- Ethics & Behavior
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-07
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 263-282
- ISSN
- 1050-8422
- 1532-7019
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 2
- Language
- en
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