Gender differences in competitiveness and fear of failure help explain why girls have lower life satisfaction than boys in gender equal countries

Among 15-year-olds, boys tend to report higher life satisfaction than girls. Recent research has shown that this gender gap tends to be larger in more gender-egalitarian countries. We shed light on this apparent paradox by examining the mediating role of two psychological dispositions: competitivene...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Subjects:	gender equality gender differences life satisfaction competitiveness fear of failure equality paradox
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1131837/full