Bos, Emma (2026) Gender Differences in the Experience and Expression of Moral Anger Regarding Femicide. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study examined the differences between men and women in the experience and expression of anger toward a person making immoral comments about femicide. It was expected that women would experience more anger than men regarding this topic, and that women would express more anger than men when a close friend made these comments, whereas men would express more anger than women when the comments were made by a stranger. This was investigated in a study manipulating relational costs (N= 177). In an experimental design, a manipulation was used in which the participants were assigned to a high or a low cost condition. The scores of men and women were compared. We found that women experienced more anger than men when a stranger made immoral comments, but that there was no difference between men and women when a close friend did so. No significant result was found for the hypothesis that women were expected to express more anger than men when a close friend made the comments, and men were expected to express more anger than women when this was done by a stranger. Limitations of this research are that the topic of femicide could be not anger-arousing enough and the sample size should have been bigger to get more reliable results. Future research could focus on topics that are less gender-related, to see whether it would lead to the same results and to replicate this study about femicide to check if it leads to the same results.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gordijn, E.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2026 07:08 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2026 07:08 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/6260 |
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