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ERIC Number: EJ635806
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
The Stability and Consequences of Young Children's Same-Sex Peer Interactions.
Martin, Carol Lynn; Fabes, Richard A.
Developmental Psychology, v37 n3 p431-46 May 2001
Examined whether preschool children's play-partner choices were stable over time and how they influenced behavior. Found that partner preferences were highly sex differentiated and stable over time. Identified two types of consequences of partner choice: a binary effect that influenced differences between the sexes and a social dosage effect that influenced variations within the sexes. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, Play, Preschool Children, Reliability, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Choice Behavior; Cross Sex Interaction; Cross Sex Peers; Same Sex Interaction; Same Sex Peers; Sex Segregation