Gender Differences in Mother-toddler and Father-toddler Verbal Initiations and Responses during a Caregiving and Play Context

Contextual variations in mother-child and father-child verbal communication were examined among 80 U.S. families from Kansas who were predominately Caucasian (85%) and middle-class. There were 41 girls and 39 boys between 15- and 18-months-old observed with their mothers and fathers in separate play...

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Published in:Sex roles 2010-09, Vol.63 (5-6), p.399-411
Main Authors: Lindsey, Eric W., Cremeens, Penny R., Caldera, Yvonne M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Patterns
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Caregivers
Child development
Childhood Needs
Coding
Communication Strategies
Context Effect
Couple and family
Cross Cultural Studies
Daughters
Developmental psychology
Evidence
Family (Sociological Unit)
Fathers
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Gender Studies
Individual Differences
Interpersonal Relationship
Interviews
Kansas
Language Usage
Males
Medicine/Public Health
Meta Analysis
Middle Class
Mothers
Newborn. Infant
Original Article
Parent Child Relationship
Parents
Parents & parenting
Preschool children
Psychological Patterns
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Resistance (Psychology)
Role Theory
Sex roles
Social psychology
Social role. Sex role
Sociology
Verbal Communication
Young Children
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Summary:Contextual variations in mother-child and father-child verbal communication were examined among 80 U.S. families from Kansas who were predominately Caucasian (85%) and middle-class. There were 41 girls and 39 boys between 15- and 18-months-old observed with their mothers and fathers in separate play and caregiving laboratory situations. Parent and child behaviors were coded for verbal initiation and response strategies. MANOVA’s revealed more differences between mother’s and father’s verbal communication strategies in the play context than the caregiving context. Boy’s and girl’s verbal communication was relatively similar across contexts. The interactions between gender and context are discussed in relation to gender role development in the family.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/s11199-010-9803-5