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Peer reviewedMartin, Carol Lynn – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1990
Eighty male and female students at the University of British Columbia responded to a questionnaire on the acceptability of cross-sex behavior in children. Effeminate boys were viewed more negatively than masculine girls. Discusses the reasons for this distinction, and the consequences of cross-sex behavior. (DM)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Children, College Students, Foreign Countries
Direct linkFabes, Richard A.; Martin, Carol Lynn; Hanish, Laura D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2004
The study of children?s peer relationships has been well represented within the pages of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly. Particularly over the last decade, the pace of publishing studies on peer relationships has increased. Despite this upswing in interest in peer relationships, significant gaps remain. In this article, we focus on a particularly…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Gender Issues, Gender Differences, Child Development
Peer reviewedMartin, Carol Lynn – Developmental Psychology, 1989
With 72 children between 4 and 10 years of age, researchers tested how children use information about others' sex, sex-typed interests, and cross-sex labels to make predictions. Both younger and older children liked same-sex children and disliked tomboys and sissies. In contrast, younger and older children used information differently when…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Labeling (of Persons), Sex Role
