Gender Attitudes in Early Childhood: Behavioral Consequences and Cognitive Antecedents.
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SUBMITTER: Halim MLD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5397366 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
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Gender Attitudes in Early Childhood: Behavioral Consequences and Cognitive Antecedents.
Halim May Ling D MLD Ruble Diane N DN Tamis-LeMonda Catherine S CS Shrout Patrick E PE Amodio David M DM
Child development 20161019 3
This study examined factors that predicted children's gender intergroup attitudes at age 5 and the implications of these attitudes for intergroup behavior. Ethnically diverse children from low-income backgrounds (N = 246; Mexican-, Chinese-, Dominican-, and African American) were assessed at ages 4 and 5. On average, children reported positive same-gender and negative other-gender attitudes. Positive same-gender attitudes were associated with knowledge of gender stereotypes. In contrast, positiv ...[more]
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