Developmental and individual differences in girls' sex-typed activities in middle childhood and adolescence |
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Authors: | McHale Susan M Shanahan Lilly Updegraff Kimberly A Crouter Ann C Booth Alan |
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Institution: | Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University; Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University; Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University; Sociology and Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University |
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Abstract: | Girls' time in sex-typed leisure activities was studied across 2 years in middle childhood ( n =98, M =8.2 years in Year 1), early adolescence ( n =106, M =11.7 years), and middle adolescence ( n =86, M =14.9 years). In annual home interviews, White middle-class girls, mothers, and fathers rated their gendered attitudes, interests, and personality qualities, and saliva samples were used to assess testosterone; activity data were collected in 7 nightly phone interviews. Girls spent more time in feminine than masculine activities except in early adolescence. Girls' and parents' personalities and interests predicted sex-typed activities at each developmental period, but associations between testosterone and activities emerged only in middle childhood. |
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