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ERIC Number: EJ661549
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-976X
The Developmental Course of Gender Differentiation: Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating Constructs and Pathways.
Liben, Lynn S.; Bigler, Rebecca S.
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, v67 n2 p1-147 2002
Four studies established the reliability and validity of measures for assessing attitudes toward others and sex typing of self in occupations, activities, and traits. A fifth study provided longitudinal data from children tested 4 times from age 11 to 13 years. Data supported conceptual distinctions among individual's gender attitudes toward others, feminine self, and masculine self, and revealed differences across domains. The self- other relation differed by sex of participant. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Activities, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Early Adolescents, Femininity, Gender Issues, Individual Development, Longitudinal Studies, Masculinity, Measures (Individuals), Models, Occupations, Personality Traits, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Sexual Identity, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Theories
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Differentiation; Domain Specific Thinking; Psychological Constructs
Note: Serial no. 269.