調查表明：女性比男性更容易說對不起

Women apologize more often than men do, a new study showed。

一項最新調查研究表明，女性要比男性更頻繁地道歉。

But it's not that men are reluctant to admit wrongdoings, the study showed. It's just that they have a higher threshold for what they think warrants reparation. When the researchers looked at the number of apologies relative to the number of offenses the participants perceived they had committed, the researchers saw no differences between the genders。

研究顯示，并不是男性不愿意道歉，只是他們認為值得道歉的標準應該更高一些。當研究人員把被調查者道歉的次數和他們認為自己冒犯別人的次數放在一起比較，結果發(fā)現兩性之間不存在差異。

Study researcher Karina Schumann and her colleagues conducted two studies to see if genders do indeed differ in how often they apologize, and if so, why this might be。

調查研究者卡莉娜·舒曼表和她的同事們進行兩項研究試驗，來觀察兩性是否在道歉的頻率上存在差異，如果有，這些差異是因何而起。

In one, 33 university students aged 18 to 44 kept an online dairy for 12 days documenting whether they apologized or did something they thought required an apology, even if they didn't actually say they were sorry. They also kept track of how often they felt someone had committed an offensive act against them that warranted an apology。

第一個試驗要求年齡在18歲到44歲的33名大學生連續(xù)12天記錄網絡日志，在日志里注明那些自己做錯了但沒有道歉的事情，或者自己沒有道歉，但是自認為應該道歉的事情。他們還要跟蹤記錄多久他們會認為有人對他們做出冒犯的事情，而冒犯者應該為此向他們道歉。

Women apologized more and reported committing more offensive acts, but both men and women apologized about 81 percent of the time when they deemed their actions offensive。

記錄顯示女性道歉次數更多，做出冒犯的事情也比較多。但是研究顯示無論男女，當他們認為自己做錯事情，承認錯誤的比例都是81%。

In the second study, 120 undergraduates rated how severe they thought a particular offensive was. For instance, they had to imagine they woke their friend up late at night, and because of the sleep disturbance, the friend did poorly on an interview the next day. Women rated the offenses as more severe than men did, and women were also more likely to say the friend deserved an apology。

在第二個研究試驗中，120名本科生對一項特定的冒犯進行嚴重程度評級。例如，他們必須想象他們在夜里很晚的時候把朋友給吵醒，朋友因為睡眠被打擾，所以在第二天的面試中表現很差。在研究中，女性認為自己冒犯朋友的程度要比男性高，而且女性會認為她們應該對朋友道歉。

Women might have a lower threshold for what requires an apology because they are more concerned with the emotional experiences of others and in promoting harmony in their relationships, Schumann speculated。

舒曼推測，(相比男性)，女性的道歉標準更低一些是因為他們更關注其他人的情感體驗，也更希望和其他人保持融洽的關系。

Recognizing that men and women may perceive situations differently may help the genders to get along。

認識到兩性在認知周圍環(huán)境時存在差異可以幫助他們更好地相處。

The studies, detailed in the journal Psychological Science Online, were small and involved only university students, so the findings might not be applicable to all men and women in general。

這些調查詳細刊登在《心理學科學雜志》網絡版，因為調查對象人數較少，又都是大學生，所以一般來說，這些發(fā)現并不適用于所有的男性和女性。