What I want to find out: Women with high levels of aggression, impulsivity and alexithymia have a lower sense of parental competence than men with high levels of aggression, impulsivity and alexithymia.
I have conducted an aggression, impulsivity , alexithymia and sense of parental competence questionnaire on my sample. Now I am strugglig on how to seperate the data so that I can only compare women with high impulsivity, alexithymia and agressivity scores with men with high impulsivity, alexithymia and agressivity scores and their respective parental sense of competence.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Dear Lisa,
To compare women with high levels of aggression, impulsivity, and alexithymia to men with high levels of aggression, impulsivity, and alexithymia regarding their parental competence, you can follow these steps:
1. Define the criteria for "high" scores: Determine the cutoff scores that define high levels of aggression, impulsivity, and alexithymia based on your questionnaire data. This could be done by considering the distribution of scores in your sample and selecting a percentile or standard deviation above the mean as the cutoff.
2. Identify participants meeting the criteria: Identify female participants who score above the cutoff on aggression, impulsivity, and alexithymia. Similarly, identify male participants who score above the cutoff on these dimensions. These will be your high-scoring groups for comparison.
3. Separate the data: Create two separate groups or datasets: one for women with high aggression, impulsivity, and alexithymia scores, and another for men with high scores on these dimensions. Exclude participants who do not meet the criteria for the respective groups.
4. Analyze parental competence: Use an appropriate statistical test to compare the sense of parental competence between the two groups. Depending on the nature of your data and research question, you could use a t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, or another suitable statistical test to compare the means or distributions of the parental competence scores between the two groups.
5. Consider covariates: If there are other factors that might influence parental competence (e.g., age, education), consider including them as covariates in your analysis to account for their potential effects.
6. Interpret the results: Analyze the results of the statistical test and interpret them in relation to your research question. Determine whether there is a significant difference in the sense of parental competence between women and men with high levels of aggression, impulsivity, and alexithymia.
Remember to consider the limitations of your study, such as sample size, generalizability, and potential confounding factors. It may also be useful to consult with a statistician or a research advisor to ensure the appropriateness of your analysis plan and interpretation of the results.
I hope this helps, and best of luck with your research!
@Lisa Morais
Hello my dear friend.
We know that we need sources for scientific topics. A researcher cannot give a research answer without scientific sources.
But what I know in teaching developmental psychology at the university is that women in the role of mothers should be more prominent than men in the matter of upbringing due to more time and quality communication with children, which has the importance of mental health in them.
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