Journal
SEX ROLES
Volume 63, Issue 11-12, Pages 820-832Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9843-x
Keywords
Social identity; In-group; Gender norms; Masculinity
Funding
- NICHD NIH HHS [T32 HD046423] Funding Source: Medline
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This research assessed children's same-gender favoritism by examining whether children value traits descriptive of their own gender more than traits descriptive of the other gender. We also investigated whether children's proportion of same-gender friends relates to their same-gender favoritism. Eighty-one third and fourth grade children from the Midwest and West Coast of the U.S. rated how well 19 personality traits describe boys and girls, and how important each trait is for their gender to possess. Results replicate and extend past trait assignment research by demonstrating that both genders valued same-gender traits significantly more than other-gender traits. Results also indicated that boys with many same-gender friends derogated feminine-stereotyped traits, which has implications for research on masculinity norms within male-dominated peer groups.
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