Women's Hostility Toward Women

Bibliographic Data

ID12005290
AuthorsGloria Cowan (California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author), Charlene Neighbors (California State University, San Bernardino), Jann DeLaMoreaux (California State University, San Bernardino), Catherine Behnke (California State University, San Bernardino)
Year1998
Volume22
Issue2
Pages267-284
Publication date1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00154.x
OpenAlexW2105153855
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited23

Three studies investigating the self-report correlates of women's hostility toward other women were conducted among a total of 477 college women. In Study 1, hostility toward women was negatively associated with both personal and collective self-esteem and positively associated with hostility toward men, controlling for state anger. In Study 2, hostility toward women was negatively associated with self-efficacy and age and positively associated with emotional dependence on men, but not with self-identification as a feminist or support of the feminist movement. In Study 3, women's hostility toward women was negatively associated with measures of intimacy and life satisfaction and positively associated with acceptance of interpersonal violence. We suggest that women's hostility toward other women not only is an important aspect of women's personal satisfaction, happiness, intimacy, and self-esteem, but also may serve as a barrier to women's progress as a group

Anger · Developmental psychology · Happiness · Hostility · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Clinical Psychology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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