ERIC Number: ED282645
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Apr
Pages: 12
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Both Boys and Girls Are More Scared of Boys Than of Girls.
Brody, Leslie R.
Explored were feelings of envy, warmth, and fear that children experience toward boys and girls engaged in same-gender role, cross-gender role, and gender-role-neutral behaviors. A total of 120 children participated in the study: 60 first and second graders, and 60 fifth and sixth graders, with equal numbers of males and females in each grade. Children were told 24 stories which were equally divided into 8 different types of situations. Half of the stories depicted stereotypic desirable and undesirable male and female traits. The other half were gender-role neutral and depicted envy, fear, anger, and warmth. Each story was told to each child twice, once with a male and once with a female protagonist. Children were asked about the intensity of envy, fear, and warmth they experienced toward the story protagonist. They were also given measures of gender-typed personality traits and toy preferences, gender attitudes, and the Children's Social Desirability Scale (CSDS). The CSDS was used as a co-variate in all analyses. Findings indicated that children's feelings toward the same and opposite gender were multidetermined. These feelings were influenced by the biological gender of the children, the quality of their gender-typed traits and toy preferences, the biological gender and gender-typed traits of the person about whom they were experiencing the feelings, and the situation in which they were involved. (Author/RH)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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