Meta-Analyses of Gender Effects on Conversational Interruption: Who, What, When, Where, and How

@article{Anderson1998MetaAnalysesOG,
  title={Meta-Analyses of Gender Effects on Conversational Interruption: Who, What, When, Where, and How},
  author={Kristin J. Anderson and Campbell Leaper},
  journal={Sex Roles},
  year={1998},
  volume={39},
  pages={225-252}
}
Meta-analyses of 43 published studies comparingadult women's and men's interruptions duringconversations were conducted. Combined significancelevels and combined effect sizes were analyzed. Acrossstudies, men were significantly more likely than womento use interruptions. This difference, however, wasassociated with a negligible effect size (d = .15). Amore substantial effect size (d = .33) was found when studies looking specifically at intrusive typesof interruption were analyzed separately… 
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