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ERIC Number: EJ347768
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Gender, Adult Structuring of Activities, and Social Behavior in Middle Childhood.
Huston, Aletha C.; And Others
Child Development, v57 n5 p1200-09 Oct 1986
Examines whether there are sex differences during middle childhood in children's choices to participate in activities differing in level of adult-provided structure; effects of structure on children's compliance, leadership, and recognition seeking directed to adults and to peers; and relation of sex-typed social skills or dispositions and sex-typed personality attributes to choice of high- or low-structure environments. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior Development, Child Development, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Models, Parent Child Relationship, Recreational Activities, Sex Differences, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Social Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Gender Identity