TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Gender‐related Information and Self‐Endorsement of Traits in Preadolescents' Inferences and Judgments
AU - Lobel, Thalma E.
AU - Bempechat, Janine
AU - Gewirtz, Jonathan C.
AU - Shoken‐Topaz, Tamar
AU - Bashe, Elinor
PY - 1993/8
Y1 - 1993/8
N2 - The major purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a target child's gender typicality on different aspects of preadolescents' inferences and judgments. The secondary purpose of the study was to investigate the relation between children's self‐endorsement of traits and their inferences and judgments. Fifth and sixth graders were shown a video film, portraying a child playing either a gender‐appropriate game with members of the same sex or a gender‐inappropriate game with members of the other sex. In addition, subjects completed an adapted version of the BSRI and were categorized into sex‐typed, androgynous, and undifferentiated subjects. Subjects made a number of different types of judgments and inferences about the target, including inferences about traits, popularity, choice of gift and name, and willingness to engage in activities with the target. All types of inferences and judgments were affected by the variations in the targets' gender‐related behaviors, whereas self‐endorsement of traits was not related to the inferences and judgments. The results suggest that the gender typicality of the target behavior is salient to preadolescents, regardless of their sex‐role orientation.
AB - The major purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a target child's gender typicality on different aspects of preadolescents' inferences and judgments. The secondary purpose of the study was to investigate the relation between children's self‐endorsement of traits and their inferences and judgments. Fifth and sixth graders were shown a video film, portraying a child playing either a gender‐appropriate game with members of the same sex or a gender‐inappropriate game with members of the other sex. In addition, subjects completed an adapted version of the BSRI and were categorized into sex‐typed, androgynous, and undifferentiated subjects. Subjects made a number of different types of judgments and inferences about the target, including inferences about traits, popularity, choice of gift and name, and willingness to engage in activities with the target. All types of inferences and judgments were affected by the variations in the targets' gender‐related behaviors, whereas self‐endorsement of traits was not related to the inferences and judgments. The results suggest that the gender typicality of the target behavior is salient to preadolescents, regardless of their sex‐role orientation.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb04201.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb04201.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8404268
AN - SCOPUS:0027645828
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 64
SP - 1285
EP - 1294
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 4
ER -