Is there a ‘more helpful’ gender? The present research assessed gender differences in prosocial self-perceptions, prosocial behavioural intentions, and prosocial (transfer) behaviour in same- and other-gender interactions in 10 countries (N = 1,915). The present results showed negligible differences in the degree to which women and men saw themselves as prosocial. However, larger gender differences emerged in regard to prosocial behavioural intentions and prosocial (transfer) behaviours across different help contexts (i.e., same- vs. other-gender interactions). In a hypothetical work scenario, women reported greater prosocial behavioural intentions than men when the recipient of the help was of the same gender. In contrast, when the recipient of the help was of the other gender, men reported greater prosocial behavioural intentions than women. In addition, men transferred more than women to both same- and other-gender interaction partners in a prisoner’s dilemma game. Taken together, the present findings suggest that there is no ‘more helpful’ gender. Instead, gender differences in prosociality are dynamic and contextual. Different theoretical perspectives are taken into consideration in discussing gender differences in the present research.

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她和他的亲社会性跨越 10 个国家

是否有“更有帮助”的性别？本研究评估了 10 个国家（N = 1,915）。目前的结果表明，女性和男性认为自己亲社会的程度差异微乎其微。然而，在不同帮助情境（即，同性别与其他性别的互动）中，在亲社会行为意图和亲社会（转移）行为方面出现了更大的性别差异。在假设的工作场景中，当接受帮助的人是同一性别时，女性报告的亲社会行为意图高于男性。相比之下，当接受帮助的人是其他性别时，男性报告的亲社会行为意图高于女性。此外，在囚徒困境博弈中，男性比女性更多地向同性和异性互动伙伴转移。综上所述，目前的研究结果表明没有“更有帮助”的性别。反而，亲社会性方面的性别差异是动态的和背景性的。在本研究中讨论性别差异时考虑了不同的理论观点。