The Role of Sex of Peers and Gender-Typed Activities in Young Children's Peer Affiliative Networks: A Longitudinal Analysis of Selection and Influence

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Carol Lynn; Kornienko, Olga; Schaefer, David R.; Hanish, Laura D.; Fabes, Richard A.; Goble, Priscilla
Titel	The Role of Sex of Peers and Gender-Typed Activities in Young Children's Peer Affiliative Networks: A Longitudinal Analysis of Selection and Influence
Quelle	In: Child Development, 84 (2013) 3, S.921-937 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12032
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Gender Bias; Interaction; Peer Relationship; Play; Friendship; Hypothesis Testing; Social Influences; Disadvantaged Youth; Preschool Children; Longitudinal Studies; Observation; Femininity; Masculinity; Social Networks + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterstereotyp; Interaktion; Peer-Beziehungen; Spiel; Freundschaft; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Sozialer Einfluss; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Beobachtung; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Männlichkeit; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk
Abstract	A stochastic actor-based model was used to investigate the origins of sex segregation by examining how similarity in sex of peers and time spent in gender-typed activities affected affiliation network selection and how peers influenced children's ("N" = 292; "M"[subscript age] = 4.3 years) activity involvement. Gender had powerful effects on interactions through direct and indirect pathways. Children selected playmates of the same sex and with similar levels of gender-typed activities. Selection based on gender-typed activities partially mediated selection based on sex of peers. Children influenced one another's engagement in gender-typed activities. When mechanisms producing sex segregation were compared, the largest contributor was selection based on sex of peers; less was due to activity-based selection and peer influence. Implications for sex segregation and gender development are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10