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Sex Differences In Self-Regulation: An Evolutionary Perspective, Niki Hosseini-Kamkar, J. Bruce Morton
Sex Differences In Self-Regulation: An Evolutionary Perspective, Niki Hosseini-Kamkar, J. Bruce Morton
Psychology Publications
Bjorklund and Kipp (1996) provide an evolutionary framework predicting that there is a female advantage in inhibition and self-regulation due to differing selection pressures placed on males and females. The majority of the present review will summarize sex differences in self-regulation at the behavioral level. The neural and hormonal underpinnings of this potential sexual dimorphism will also be investigated and the results of the experiments summarized will be related to the hypothesis advanced by Bjorklund and Kipp (1996). Paradoxically, sex differences in self-regulation are more consistently reported in children prior to the onset of puberty. In adult cohorts, the results …