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Peer reviewedCrystal, David S.; Watanabe, Hirozumi; Wu, Chin; Weinfurt, Kevin – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Concepts of human differences were studied among 5th and 11th graders in the United States, Japan, and China. Relative to their peers, more American students noted differences in appearance/attractiveness and material resources; more Japanese noted various physical features, and more Chinese noted specific behaviors. With increasing age, Americans…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Peer reviewedKenrick, Douglas T.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Explored sex differences in adolescent preference for older versus younger mates. Found that teenage males were willing to date females of a wide age range, whereas teenage females prefer dating males from their own age to several years older. Data suggested viewing development of sex differences in dating partner preference from the perspective…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Age Differences, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedBukowski, William M.; Sippola, Lorrie K.; Newcomb, Andrew F. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined differences in attraction to same- and other-sex peers as a function of sex, age, individual characteristics, and context in adolescents studied longitudinally from elementary to middle school. Found attraction to aggressive peers and to peers standing out in observable ways increased with age and upon entry to middle school, whereas…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Age Differences, Aggression
