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The variability and flexibility of gender-typed toy-play: A close look at children's behavioural responses to counter-stereotyoic models
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posted on 2023-05-25, 21:31 authored by Green, VA, Bigler, R, Catherwood, DGender differences in play behavior are well documented. However, little work has examined the issue of variability of gender-typed behaviors within individuals or within genders. We investigated whether children's gender-typed toy play behavior is (a) variable across time within individuals, and (b) variable in response to exposure to counterstereotypic models. Extensive observations (N = 203) were made of 8 highly gender-typed preschool children over 4 months. Variability was assessed by examining changes in the percentage of masculine and feminine toy play across successive days in which (a) gender neutral stories were read (within-individual variability) and (b) gender counterstereotypic stories were introduced (environmental variability). Variability of gender-typed play within individuals and in response to environmental stimuli was found among girls, but not among boys.
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Publication title
Sex RolesVolume
51Article number
7-9'Number
7-9'Pagination
371-386ISSN
0360-0025Publication status
- Published
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