Gender and Empathic Differences in the Attribution of Pride and Joy
Gender and Empathic Differences in the Attribution of Pride and Joy

Summary/Abstract: Following the differential tradition in the study of emotions, we were interested in exploring the differences between joy and pride as perceived by students. As a first objective of this study, we aimed at developing a scenario-based instrument that differentiates between pride and joy. As a second objective, we were interested in analyzing some of the personal characteristics (empathy level, gender, academic background) that may influence the attribution of the right emotion to a character in a specific situation. The results show that is was easier to identify joy-specific circumstances than pride-specific situations and that gender and empathy level influence the attribution of the two emotions in certain circumstances.

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