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McHale, Susan M.; Kim, Ji-Yeon; Dotterer, Aryn M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Booth, Alan – Child Development, 2009
This study charted the development of gendered personality qualities and activity interests from age 7 to age 19 in 364 first- and second-born siblings from 185 White, middle/working-class families, assessed links between time in gendered social contexts (with mother, father, female peers, and male peers) and gender development, and tested whether…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Interests, Fathers
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Wiley, Angela R.; Rose, Amanda J.; Burger, Lisa K.; Miller, Peggy J. – Child Development, 1998
Examined personal storytelling of European-American preschoolers from working- or middle-class families as a medium through which they construct autonomous selves. Found that children in both communities had extensive rights to speak of past experiences and limited rights to author experiences. Middle-class communities viewed expressing one's view…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Development