AUTHOR=Qin Yishu , Zhang Da-Wei TITLE=Characterizing Chinese undergraduate students’ empathizing-systemizing profiles: a person-centered approach JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=15 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1395560 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1395560 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
While the empathizing-systemizing (E-S) theory provides a valuable framework for explaining gender differences in STEM majors, previous studies suffer from methodological issues (i.e., the arbitrary cut-off criteria and WEIRD sampling) as well as discrepancies in the behavioral correlates of E-S types. To address the gaps, this study utilized a 3-step latent profile analysis to identify naturally occurring E-S profiles in a Chinese sample and explored the predictors and distal outcomes of the identified profiles. The study recruited 785 (aged 18–25 years, 60% female) Chinese undergraduates. Results revealed five E-S profiles: