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Crouter, Ann C.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Reports on a longitudinal study of 144 young adolescents which hypothesized that boys and girls would experience increased gender-differential socialization across a 1-year period in which parents maintained a traditional division of labor, and there was a younger sibling of the opposite gender. Provides longitudinal analyses of three aspects of…
Descriptors: Family Life, Housework, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship
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Baruch, Grace K.; Barnett, Rosalind C. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the relation between fathers' participation in family work (child care and home chores) and children's sex role attitudes in an interview study of 160 Caucasian middle-class families. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Children, Employed Parents, Fathers
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Warton, Pamela M.; Goodnow, Jacqueline J. – Child Development, 1991
Three principles of work distribution were considered: (1) direct cause; (2) self-regulation; and (3) continuing responsibility. Children of 8, 11, and 14 years of age performed a job sorting task and commented on the fairness of work arrangements in vignettes. Results showed a differential development for the three principles rather than a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Standards, Child Responsibility
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McHale, Susan M.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Examined the implications of sex-typed housework of children from dual- and single-earner families for children's adjustment as a function of congruencies between children's work and parents' sex-role behaviors and attitudes. Analyses revealed differences in sex and earner status in children's and parents' involvement in traditionally feminine and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Comparative Analysis, Employed Parents