Adult males over females frequently involved in helping others with day-to-day difficulties reported greater needs to express affection and control than males and females infrequently involved in helping others. (Study ns: 228 men, 214 women.) Females frequently involved in helping also had greater need for expressed and wanted inclusion.
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