Affecting Girls' Activity and Job Interests through Play: The Moderating Roles of Personal Gender Salience and Game Characteristics

Autor/inn/en	Coyle, Emily F.; Liben, Lynn S.
Titel	Affecting Girls' Activity and Job Interests through Play: The Moderating Roles of Personal Gender Salience and Game Characteristics
Quelle	In: Child Development, 87 (2016) 2, S.414-428 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12463
Schlagwörter	Females; Play; Gender Differences; Individual Differences; Intervention; Schemata (Cognition); Career Choice; Computer Games; Femininity; Attitude Change; Preschool Children; Hypothesis Testing; Pennsylvania; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Spiel; Geschlechterkonflikt; Individueller Unterschied; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest
Abstract	Gender schema theory (GST) posits that children approach opportunities perceived as gender appropriate, avoiding those deemed gender inappropriate, in turn affecting gender-differentiated career trajectories. To test the hypothesis that children's gender salience filters (GSF--tendency to attend to gender) moderate these processes, 62 preschool girls (M = 4.5 years) were given GSF measures. Two weeks later, they played a computer game about occupations that manipulated the game-character's femininity (hyperfeminized "Barbie" vs. less feminized Playmobil "Jane"). Following game play, girls' interests in feminine activities showed an interaction of game condition and GSF: High-GSF girls showed intensified feminine activity interests only with Barbie; low-GSF girls showed no change with either character. Neither GSF nor game condition affected occupational interests. Implications for GST, individual differences, and occupational interventions are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01