• DOI:10.1037/0033-2909.122.1.5
• Corpus ID: 12892120

Models of the self: self-construals and gender.

@article{Cross1997ModelsOT,
  title={Models of the self: self-construals and gender.},
  author={Susan E. Cross and Laura Madson},
  journal={Psychological bulletin},
  year={1997},
  volume={122 1},
  pages={
          5-37
        }
}

• S. Cross, L. Madson
• Published 1 July 1997
• Psychology
• Psychological bulletin

The authors first describe individual differences in the structure of the self. In the independent self-construal, representations of others are separate from the self. In the interdependent self-construal, others are considered part of the self (H. Markus & S. Kitayama, 1991). In general, men in the United States are thought to construct and maintain an independent self-construal, whereas women are thought to construct and maintain an interdependent self-construal. The authors review the psychological literature to demonstrate that many gender differences in cognition, motivation, emotion, and social behavior may be explained in terms of men's and women's different self-construals. Recognition of the interdependent self-construal as a possible alternative conception of the self may stimulate new investigations into the ways the self influences a person's thinking, feeling, and behaving.