| Title |
Gender-Typed Play Behavior in Early Childhood: Adopted Children with Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Parents
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Sex Roles, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11199-012-0198-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Abbie E. Goldberg, Deborah A. Kashy, JuliAnna Z. Smith |
| Abstract |
This study examined whether the gender-typed play of young children varies as a function of family structure. Using a sample of 126 couples (44 lesbian couples, 34 gay male couples, and 48 heterosexual couples) located throughout the United States, with an adopted child between the age of 2 and 4 years old (mean = 2.5 years), we examined parent reports of children's gender-typed play behavior utilizing the Pre-School Activities Inventory (PSAI; Golombok & Rust, 1993). Findings revealed that the perceived play behaviors of boys and girls in same-gender parent families were more similar (i.e., less gender-stereotyped) than the perceived play behavior of boys and girls in heterosexual-parent families (which were more divergent; that is, gender-stereotyped). Sons of lesbian mothers were less masculine in their play behavior than sons of gay fathers and sons of heterosexual parents. Our findings have implications for researchers who study gender development in children and adolescents. |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 70% |
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| Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 10% |
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| United States | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 133 | 97% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 10% |
| Researcher | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 21 | 15% |
| Unknown | 23 | 17% |
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| Psychology | 54 | 39% |
| Social Sciences | 32 | 23% |
| Arts and Humanities | 8 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 22 | 16% |
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