RESPONSIBILITY - DETERMINATIONS OF THE CO NCEPT DEPENDING ON SEX CATEGORY AND NEED FOR CONTROL

This research confirms previous pilot studies on differences between m eanings of responsibility among women and men. In addition, data are o ffered on relationships between various needs for control and aspects of responsibility. These data were partly unexpected, but they suggest explanations why in comparisons of male and female groups, despite ex tensive overlap, remarkable differences between their responsibility p erspectives appear. The tacit assumption in many empirical studies of clear and uniform concepts of responsibility among the respondents can not be maintained.