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Givens, Jarvis R.; Nasir, Na'ilah; ross, kihana; de Royston, Maxine McKinney – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2016
This paper examines the process by which stereotypical mainstream representations of black males (as hard, as anti-school, and as disconnected from the domestic sphere) were reimagined in all-black, all-male manhood development classes for 9th graders in urban public high schools. Findings show that instructors debunked stereotypes and created new…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Ethnic Stereotypes, Racial Bias
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James, Jenee; Ellis, Bruce J.; Schlomer, Gabriel L.; Garber, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The current study tested sex-specific pathways to early puberty, sexual debut, and sexual risk taking, as specified by an integrated evolutionary-developmental model of adolescent sexual development and behavior. In a prospective study of 238 adolescents (n = 129 girls and n = 109 boys) followed from approximately 12-18 years of age, we tested for…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Puberty, Fatherless Family
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Sears, Heather A.; Graham, Joanna; Campbell, Anna – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study examined adolescent boys' intentions of seeking help from male friends and female friends. We evaluated mean differences in boys' help-seeking intentions; assessed whether boys' individual characteristics predicted their intentions; and examined perceived support from male friends and female friends as mediators of these relationships.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Males, Adolescents
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Swearer, Susan M.; Turner, Rhonda K.; Givens, Jami E.; Pollack, William S. – School Psychology Review, 2008
This study examined effects of adolescent males' perceptions of being bullied because of verbal taunts related to gender nonconformity (i.e., "They say I'm gay"). Participants included 251 ninth- (n=77), tenth- (n=96), and eleventh- (n=78) grade students in a private, all-male college preparatory school. Participants were divided into two groups…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Homosexuality, Males
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Larsson, Hakan; Fagrell, Birgitta; Redelius, Karin – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: Research on PE indicates that the subject is marked by rather stable gendered patterns of behaviour and perceptions of the subject. This paper marks an attempt to outline a theoretical approach that makes it possible to interpret what is going on in the gym in a way that might challenge the reproduction of gender. Purpose: To…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Sex Stereotypes, Females
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Kissau, Scott – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2006
There is concern among second language educators in Canada that male students are losing interest in studying French as a second language (FSL). In response, in the fall of 2003, a study was conducted to investigate gender differences in second language (L2) motivation among Grade 9 core French students. Building upon the traditional model of L2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Learning Motivation, Gender Differences