| Literature DB >> 15369532 |
Susan M McHale1, Lilly Shanahan, Kimberly A Updegraff, Ann C Crouter, Alan Booth.
Abstract
Girls' time in sex-typed leisure activities was studied across 2 years in middle childhood (n = 98, M = 8.2 years in Year 1), early adolescence (n = 106, M = 11.7 years), and middle adolescence (n = 86, M = 14.9 years). In annual home interviews, White middle-class girls, mothers, and fathers rated their gendered attitudes, interests, and personality qualities, and saliva samples were used to assess testosterone; activity data were collected in 7 nightly phone interviews. Girls spent more time in feminine than masculine activities except in early adolescence. Girls' and parents' personalities and interests predicted sex-typed activities at each developmental period, but associations between testosterone and activities emerged only in middle childhood.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15369532 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00758.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Dev ISSN: 0009-3920