TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Autobiographical memory and social skills of men and women
JO  - Applied cognitive psychology
A1  - Pohl, Rüdiger F.
A1  - Bender, Michael
A1  - Lachmann, Gregor
SP  - 745
EP  - 759
VL  - 19
IS  - 6
N2  - This study investigated gender-specific relationships between autobiographical memory (AM) performance and two social skills, namely empathy and assertiveness. One hundred and fourteen male and female students were tested with a questionnaire on AM and two test scales for empathy and assertiveness. The results revealed positive correlations between AM performance and both social skills, thus underscoring the social function of AM. In addition we found several gender differences. Women showed superior AM performance and also scored higher in empathy, while men scored higher in assertiveness. We propose that AM, empathy, and assertiveness develop in gender-specific mutual dependencies reflecting parental socialization. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0888-4080
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.1104
ID  - ref1
ER  -