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The Effect of Agency and Communality on Self-Esteem: Gender Differences in Longitudinal Data.

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Stein, Judith A.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1992

Using data for 192 males and 462 females (432 whites, 97 African Americans 64 Hispanic Americans, and 61 Asian Americans) in Los Angeles County (California), this study confirmed that during adolescence, agency-related orientation predicts heightened self-esteem for males and communal orientation predicts heightened self-esteem for females at…

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Blacks

Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex Role Attitudes in Early Adolescence: Exploring Gender Intensification.

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Galambos, Nancy L.; And Others – Child Development, 1990

Assessed differences in masculinity, femininity, and sex role attitudes in adolescent girls and boys, and the relation of pubertal timing to intensification of those attitudes. Found that sex differences in masculinity and sex role attitudes increased with age. Pubertal timing was unrelated to masculinity, femininity, and sex role attitudes. (BC)

Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences