Children's Implicit Gender-Toy Association Development Varies across Cultures

Autor/inn/en	Qian, Miao; Wong, Wang Ivy; Nabbijohn, A. Natisha; Wang, Yang; MacMullin, Laura N.; James, Haley J.; Fu, Genyue; Zuo, Bin; VanderLaan, Doug P.
Titel	Children's Implicit Gender-Toy Association Development Varies across Cultures
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 59 (2023) 12, S.2287-2295 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Qian, Miao)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001590
Schlagwörter	Toys; Sex Stereotypes; Cultural Influences; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; China; Thailand; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Toy; Spielzeug; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Gender-stereotyped beliefs develop early in childhood and are thought to increase with age based on prior research that was primarily carried out in Western cultures. Little research, however, has examined cross-cultural (in)consistencies in the developmental trajectory of gender-stereotyped beliefs. The present study examined implicit gender-toy stereotypes among 4- to 9-year-olds (N = 1,013; 49.70% girls) in Canada, China, and Thailand. Children from all three cultures evidenced implicit gender-toy stereotypes over this developmental period, but cultural differences in the developmental pattern and strength of these stereotypes were apparent. Gender-toy stereotypes were relatively strong and stable across age groups among Thai children and relatively weak and stable across age groups among Chinese children. Canadian 4- to 5-year-old children displayed weaker stereotypes, whereas 6- to 9-year-olds displayed stronger stereotypes. These findings highlight the contribution of culture to children's gender stereotype development. Although gender-toy stereotypes were found among 4- to 9-year-olds in all three cultures examined here, the strength of these stereotypes varies by culture. Furthermore, the previously described increase in gender stereotyping over this developmental period appears to not apply across cultures, thus challenging the conventional view on development in this domain based on prior, mainly Western, research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01