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- Title
Women's and Men's Preferences for First and Last Names.
- Authors
Ceynar, Michelle L.; Stewart, Sarah E.
- Abstract
Although both men and women report strongly identifying with their names (Intons-Peterson & Crawford, 1985), people tend to assume that men are more attached to their surnames because most women choose to take their spouses' names at marriage. Twenty-one men and 70 women reported their explicit attitudes about their names and completed two implicit measures of name preference: an adaptation of the Implicit Association Test (IAT), and a test designed to measure the name letter effect. Results revealed no differences between the IAT latencies of men and women and that both sexes have an implicit preference for their first names. Women and men also reported a greater explicit fondness for their first names. Although both sexes reported that their first names describe them more as an individual, men were more likely to view their names as central to their identity than women. Additionally, women were more willing to consider changing their last name at marriage than men. The results were discussed in terms of modern name usage trends.
- Subjects
PERSONAL names; NAMES; MARRIED people; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 2, p65
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24839/2164-8204.JN19.2.65