| The significance of gender boundaries in preadolescence: contemporary correlates and antecedents of boundary violation and maintenance. | |
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PMID: 8477628 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Previous research has established the importance of gender boundaries as a normative aspect of development in middle childhood. Here, the nature and importance of gender boundaries as an individual differences construct was explored. Ratings of gender boundary violation and gender boundary maintenance were made of 47 10-11-year-old children participating in a series of summer day camps. These ratings were supported by videotape-based behavior codings of gender boundary violating behaviors and by live observations of sheer number of associations with members of the opposite gender. In addition, considerable external validation of these individual differences was obtained. Children low on gender boundary violation and (especially) children high on boundary maintenance were independently judged by camp counselors to be socially competent. They also were found to be higher on a friendship variable, based on observation. Those who violated boundaries were especially unpopular with peers, based on a child interview. Finally, boundary violation and maintenance were related to attachment history and to early measures of parent-child generational boundary distortions. |
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Authors:
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L A Sroufe; C Bennett; M Englund; J Urban; S Shulman |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Child development Volume: 64 ISSN: 0009-3920 ISO Abbreviation: Child Dev Publication Date: 1993 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1993-05-24 Completed Date: 1993-05-24 Revised Date: 2007-11-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372725 Medline TA: Child Dev Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 455-66 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455. |
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Child Child Behavior* Female Gender Identity* Humans Intergenerational Relations Interpersonal Relations Longitudinal Studies Male Parent-Child Relations Peer Group Reproducibility of Results Social Conformity* Social Desirability Social Distance Social Identification* |
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MH 40864-05/MH/NIMH NIH HHS |
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