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Peer reviewedRichardson, John G.; Simpson, Carl H. – Child Development, 1982
Focusing on those elements of children's preferences which link gender to social structure, the present study analyzes children's letters to Santa Claus. Findings show boys' and girls' requests to be similar when aspects of the child's world are measured and quite different when qualities representing the adult social order are measured.…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Content Analysis, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedBoggiano, Ann K.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines the effects of providing different reasons for young children inteacting with a peer during play. Shows that dispositional or situational information about an unknown peer affects children's impressions of that peer differently, depending on the age of the child. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Childhood Interests, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedMcHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Tucker, Corinna J. – Child Development, 1999
Examined sex-typing in child personality, interests, and activities as function of traditionality of parents' gender role attitudes and sex composition of sibling dyads. Found that sex-typing was most evident in children's interests and activities. Differences in children's sex-typing as a function of fathers' attitudes and sibling sex…
Descriptors: Activities, Childhood Interests, Children, Comparative Analysis
