Gender Labeling, Gender Stereotyping, and Parenting Behaviors

Are gender labeling and gender stereotyping in 24-, 30-, and 36-month-old children related to each other and to mothers' sex-role attitudes and responses to sex-typed behavior in a free-play situation with their children? The gender stereotyping measure indicated that gender schemata include in...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 1992-03, Vol.28 (2), p.225-230
Main Authors: Fagot, Beverly I, Leinbach, Mary D, O'Boyle, Cherie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child Attitudes
Child development
Child Rearing
Childhood Play Behavior
Developmental psychology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Labeling
Labeling (of Persons)
Mother Child Relations
Mothers
Parent Attitudes
Parent Child Relationship
Parental Attitudes
Parents & parenting
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sex Role
Sex Role Attitudes
Sex Stereotypes
Sexes
Social research
Stereotyped Behavior
Stereotypes
Toddlers
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Summary:Are gender labeling and gender stereotyping in 24-, 30-, and 36-month-old children related to each other and to mothers' sex-role attitudes and responses to sex-typed behavior in a free-play situation with their children? The gender stereotyping measure indicated that gender schemata include information that is metaphorically rather than literally associated with each sex. Children who understood labels for boys and girls displayed more knowledge of gender stereotypes than children who did not. Mothers whose children had mastered labels for boys and girls endorsed more traditional attitudes toward women and toward sex roles within the family. The same mothers also initiated and reinforced more sex-typed toy play with their children.
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.28.2.225