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| Published: March 31, 2021
Investigating the Gender Effects on The Five Facets of The Need for Closure
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.185/20210901
DOI: 10.25215/0901.185
ABSTRACT
The Need for Closure (NFC) is the individual’s desire to seek definite answer and avoid confusion. NFC plays a crucial role in the information processing and decision making. Studies have confirmed that both men and women adopt different ways to process their information. So, this study used a self report measure (Need for Closure Scale, Kruglanski et al., 2013) with adequate reliability (0.761) to tap the gender differences on the five facets: Order, Predictability, Decisiveness, Ambiguity and Close Mindedness of the dispositional need for closure (Webster & Kruglanski, 1994). Data analysis (Independent t-test) of the two groups (Male = 118, Female = 117) revealed that there is significant difference between both men and women on the facets of Order, Predictability, and Ambiguity. Cohen’s d statistics (0.3) further demonstrated that gender has moderate effect on these facets. Higher mean responses of women on Order, Predictability and Ambiguity showed that women compare to men have higher dispositional tendency of structure, preference for secure knowledge and discomfort with uncertainties.
Keywords
Gender Differences, Need for Closure, Order, Predictability, Ambiguity, Decisiveness, Close Mindedness
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© 2021, Paliwal D.
Received: February 08, 2021; Revision Received: March 26, 2021; Accepted: March 31, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.185/20210901
10.25215/0901.185
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 1, January-March, 2021