Influence of gender differences on personality characteristics : A study of urban and rural children

Abstract

Effects of gender and place of residence on personality characteristics of
children were studied. A total of 400 children were the sample of this study of
which 200 were from urban and 200 from rural area. Results revealed that male
children were more aggressive than female. There was no difference between
urban and rural children in aggressiveness vs submissive‐ness. The effects of
gender and residence on extroversion vs introversion were not significant. The
male children were more relaxed than female children. The effect of residential
status on relaxed vs tense was not significant.