Abstract
Two studies investigated the effect of author(s)' sex on acknowledgments. Study 1 compared 70 female authors of books in psychology with 300 males. While men acknowledged mainly other males' professional advice, women acknowledged advice by both sexes. The rate of mixed-sex advisors increased over time. No such effects were obtained in acknowledgments of clerical help: Over time and across the sexes predominantly female assistance was acknowledged. Separate analyses of acknowledgments of spouses showed women acknowledging their husbands' advice, and men thanking their wives mostly for manuscript typing. Study 2 surveyed acknowledgments in the 1959 and 1979 issues of eight psychological journals. Male acknowledgees outnumbered females, especially among male authors. The latter had also the lowest proportion of mixed-sex acknowledgments. Over time, the proportion of female and mixed-sex authors increased; so did the proportion of acknowledgments for mixed-sex professional advice. Each group tended to acknowledge clerical help by own-sex individuals. The proportion of both mixed-sex and all-female acknowledgments increased over time. The discussion deals with female advisors' availability and with authors' tendency to seek out same-sex colleagues.
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