emotions in high status positions when compared to low status positions. It was argued that women,
in this study, should feel positive emotions because they had attained a goal, but also negative
emotions because high status positions would pressure them to act differently than the manner their
gender-identity (or femininity) encouraged.
This research focuses only on simultaneous positive and negative emotions as well as only
on two simultaneous emotions. No research that I am aware of explores combinations of negative
emotions, nor their effects on behavior. In addition, no research that I am aware of explores gender
differences in emotional combinations. This area is a prime area for further investigation generally,
as well as in how it may relate to criminal involvement.
Lastly, the finding that gender differences in emotional clusters might directly influence
criminal involvement has important implications for literature regarding gender and crime. In
particular, this study contributes support for the ideas proposed by GST: emotions are an important
predictor of criminal involvement. Because much literature documents the differences between men
and women emotional experiences and expressions, and because new support has been garnered for
GST, the gender and crime literature now has a new frontier to pursue regarding emotions. The way
in which gender identity relates to emotion, and how both variables might impact crime, should be
the next step for researchers in this tradition.
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