- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Developmental Psychology: A New Synthesis
- Personality and Emotional Development
- The Development of Stress Reactivity: A Neurobiological Perspective
- The Development of Emotion Regulation: Integrating Normative and Individual Differences Through Developmental Neuroscience
- The Developing Moralities: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach
- The Structure of Temperament and Personality Traits: A Developmental Perspective
- Temperamental Contributions to Inhibited and Uninhibited Profiles
- Social Development
- Attachment Theory and Research: Précis and Prospect
- A Neural Networks, Information-Processing Model of Joint Attention and Social-Cognitive Development
- Peer Relationships in Childhood
- Play
- Prosocial Development
- Gender Development During Childhood
- Self-Conceptualizing in Development
- Theory of Mind: Self-Reflection and Social Understanding
- Sociocultural Contexts of Development
- An Overview of Developmental Psychopathology
- Modularity and Developmental Disorders
- Aggression and Antisocial Behavior: A Developmental Perspective
- The Social Environment and the Development of Psychopathology
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Toward a Developmental Synthesis
- Risk and Resilience in Development
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter reviews contemporary research on children’s gender development. Theories addressing cultural and social-structural, cognitive and motivational, and biological influences are summarized. These theoretical frameworks are used to interpret gender-related variations in the following areas: temperament, gender schemas, self-concepts, sexist attitudes, gender segregation and peer group relations, play, sports, academic achievement, communication style, direct and indirect aggression, sexual harassment, and friendship intimacy. Gender similarities and within-gender variability are emphasized.
Keywords: human sex differences, sex roles, gender identity, sexism, peer relations, childhood play behavior, academic achievement, athletic participation, aggression, intimacy
Campbell Leaper is Professor of Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz.
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Developmental Psychology: A New Synthesis
- Personality and Emotional Development
- The Development of Stress Reactivity: A Neurobiological Perspective
- The Development of Emotion Regulation: Integrating Normative and Individual Differences Through Developmental Neuroscience
- The Developing Moralities: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach
- The Structure of Temperament and Personality Traits: A Developmental Perspective
- Temperamental Contributions to Inhibited and Uninhibited Profiles
- Social Development
- Attachment Theory and Research: Précis and Prospect
- A Neural Networks, Information-Processing Model of Joint Attention and Social-Cognitive Development
- Peer Relationships in Childhood
- Play
- Prosocial Development
- Gender Development During Childhood
- Self-Conceptualizing in Development
- Theory of Mind: Self-Reflection and Social Understanding
- Sociocultural Contexts of Development
- An Overview of Developmental Psychopathology
- Modularity and Developmental Disorders
- Aggression and Antisocial Behavior: A Developmental Perspective
- The Social Environment and the Development of Psychopathology
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Toward a Developmental Synthesis
- Risk and Resilience in Development
- Index
