[Affect and gender].
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. the aim is to analyze the distinguishing characteristics of affect in normal populations as a function of gender and age. 120 people of both sexes, between 18 and 50 years old, and divided into a young and an adult group are studied. 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. a distinguishing profile of affect with regards to gender and age can be stated.