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ERIC Number: EJ327158
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Children's Concepts of Cross-Gender Activities.
Stoddart, Trish; Turiel, Elliot
Child Development, v56 n5 p1241-52 Oct 1985
Young children and adolescents regarded the crossing of stereotyped gender boundaries as more wrong and expressed a greater personal commitment to sex-role regularity than did children in middle childhood. Although young children and adolescents viewed gender differentiations as an aspect of psychological-personal identity, their conceptions of identity differed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Concept Formation, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Commitment; Gender Differentiation; Justification (Psychology); Physical Appearance; Psychological Concepts; Social Concepts; Social Judgment; Social Transgressions