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Inferred Adult Personality as a Function of Sex and Sex-Role Behavior in Childhood.
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Gilbert, Steven J.; Stephan, Lin – Social Behavior and Personality, 1984
Conducted two studies in which subjects (N=345) read descriptions of stereotypic behavior displayed by a seven-year-old boy or girl and predicted adult personality attributes. Results showed that irrespective of sex, the feminine child was predicted to be happier, more mature, less self-centered, and more expressive. (LLL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, College Students, Early Experience
Developmental Changes in the Influence of Sex-Role Stereotypes on Person Perception.
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Sigelman, Carol K.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1986
Examines the reactions of children in grades 3-4, 7-8, and 11-12 to boys and girls whose behavior was either masculine-stereotyped or feminine-stereotyped along the dimensions of steadiness/excitability, adventurousness/timidity, and rudeness/politeness. (Author/HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Children, Developmental Stages
Development of Gender Role Knowledge and Gender Constancy.
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Stangor, Charles; Ruble, Diane N. – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Examines research which suggests that children's developing knowledge about traditional gender roles has a substantial influence on how children process information pertaining to gender. Evidence also shows that as children attain gender constancy, their behaviors become especially responsive to gender-related information. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Development
Female-Headed Families: Effects on Children and Clinical Implications.
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Cashion, Barbara G. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1982
Reviews the social-psychological research pertaining to female-headed families published between 1970-1980. Literature indicates that theoretically children do not need the presence of the same-sex/opposite-sex parents in the family to develop sex-role behavior. Suggests children in female-headed families are likely to have good emotional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Children
Differences in Children's Behavior toward Custodial Mothers and Custodial Fathers.
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Ambert, Anne-Marie – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982
In-depth interviews with custodial mothers and fathers indicated better child behavior toward custodial fathers. Children of custodial fathers verbalized their appreciation for the father, but children of custodial mothers did so only rarely. Behavior of children of lower socioeconomic status custodial mothers was reported more difficult. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Divorce
Parental Androgyny.
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Popenoe, David – Society, 1993
Argues that there appear to be sound biological and sociological reasons why gender differentiation of roles within childrearing families is necessary for society's good. Gender differentiation is important for child development and possibly for marital stability. Fathers are not the same as mothers nor should they be. (SLD)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Rearing
Children, Television, and Conceptions about Chores: Attitudes and Behaviors.
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Signorielli, Nancy; Lears, Margaret – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1992
Examines relationships between television viewing and sex-role attitudes and behaviors for 530 fourth and fifth graders from the perspective of cultivation theory. Correlation and regression analyses reveal that television viewing is positively related to children's attitudes toward sex-stereotyped chores. Those who watched more television…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students