Resumen de Meta-analytic evidence for higher implicit affiliation and intimacy motivation scores in women, compared to men

Amely Drescher, Oliver C. Schultheiss

• Abstract We used meta-analysis to test for gender differences in implicit needs for affiliation/intimacy, assessed via story-coding methods. We included thirty-three effect sizes from 26 publications and 2 unpublished studies, covering a total of 5962 research participants (58% female). Across studies, women scored higher than men in measures of implicit affiliation motivation (d∗ = 0.45, 95%CI = [0.37; 0.53]). This finding was not moderated by the coding system used, gender congruence of the picture cues presented, or correction for protocol length. Men and women did not differ in their implicit needs for power (N = 2493, k = 15, d∗ = −0.19, 95%CI = [−0.44; 0.05]) or achievement (N = 2235, k = 13, d∗ = 0.14, 95%CI = [−0.03; 0.30]).