title: [Affect and gender].
abstract: Studies about affect and differences with regards to gender and age throw little conclusive results. There is a certain agreement on stablishing a bifactorial structure that would integrate the different dimensions of affect.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  the aim is to analyze the distinguishing characteristics of affect in normal populations as a function of gender and age.
  
  
  METHODS
  120 people of both sexes, between 18 and 50 years old, and divided into a young and an adult group are studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  men keep a longer continuity in their affect through their lives, while women have feelings of happiness and joy from their past, that turn into insecurity and sadness at their present.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a distinguishing profile of affect with regards to gender and age can be stated.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. valcala@us.es
authors.forename: Visitación
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alcalá
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giner
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giner
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*