TY - JOUR
T1 - Interrelations of gender schemas in children and adolescents
T2 - Attitudes, preferences, and self-perceptions
AU - Signorella, Margaret L.
AU - Frieze, Irene Hanson
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - To test developmental aspects of gender schema theories, girls in grades 2 to 12 were given measures of gender role attitudes, self-perceptions on gender related traits, reported participation in gender related activities, preferred occupation, and adult family preferences. Both children's and adolescents' results showed a multifactor structure. Children's results differed from adolescents' in that children had more measures showing significant age trends, with a general pattern of decreasing stereotyping with age. Children also had stronger associations among diverse measures than did adolescents. Results were consistent with both multifactorial and cognitive-developmental approaches to the development of gender schemas, and provided limited support for adolescent gender intensification hypotheses.
AB - To test developmental aspects of gender schema theories, girls in grades 2 to 12 were given measures of gender role attitudes, self-perceptions on gender related traits, reported participation in gender related activities, preferred occupation, and adult family preferences. Both children's and adolescents' results showed a multifactor structure. Children's results differed from adolescents' in that children had more measures showing significant age trends, with a general pattern of decreasing stereotyping with age. Children also had stronger associations among diverse measures than did adolescents. Results were consistent with both multifactorial and cognitive-developmental approaches to the development of gender schemas, and provided limited support for adolescent gender intensification hypotheses.
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U2 - 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.7.941
DO - 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.7.941
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57049166045
VL - 36
SP - 941
EP - 953
JO - Social Behavior and Personality
JF - Social Behavior and Personality
SN - 0301-2212
IS - 7
ER -