Contextual differences in parent-child play: Implications for children's gender role development

Sex Roles

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 155-176

  Lindsey, Eric W ^a   Mize, Jacquelyn ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035242140     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010950919451     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Beall, A. E. (1993). A social constructionist view of gender. In A. E. Beall & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The psychology of gender (pp. 127-147). New York: Guilford Press.
2. Block, J. H. (1983). Differential premises arising from differential socialization of the sexes. Child Development, 54, 1335-1354.
3. Bussey, K., & Bandura, A. (1999). Social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation. Psychological Review, 106, 676-713.
4. Caldera, Y. M., Huston, A. C., & O'Brien, M. (1989). Social interaction and play patterns of parents and toddlers with feminine, masculine, and neutral toys. Child Development, 60, 70-76.
5. Cherry, L., & Lewis, M. (1976). Mothers and two-year-olds: A study of sex-differentiated aspects of verbal interaction. Developmental Psychology, 12, 278-282.
6. Crockenberg, S., & Litman, C. (1990). Autonomy as competence in 2-year-olds: Maternal Correlates of child defiance, compliance, and self-assertion. Developmental Psychology, 26, 961-971.
7. Deaux, K., & Major, B. (1987). Putting gender into context: An interactive model of gender-related behavior. Psychological Review, 94, 369-389.
8. DiPietro, J. A. (1981). Rough and tumble play: A function of gender. Developmental Psychology, 17, 50-58.
9. Dunn, J., & Brown, J. (1994). Affect expression in the family, children's understanding of emotions, and their interactions with others. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 40, 120-137.
10. Dunn, J., Bretherton, I., & Munn, P. (1987). Conversations about feeling states between mothers and their young children. Developmental Psychology, 23, 132-139.
11. Entwisle, D. R., & Astone, N. M. (1994). Some practical guidelines for measuring youth's race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Child Development, 65, 1521-1540.
12. Fagot, B. I. (1997). Parenting boys and girls. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting: Vol. I. Children and parenting. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
13. Fagot, B. I. (1985). Beyond the reinforcement principle: Another step toward understanding sex roles. Developmental Psychology, 21, 1097-1104.
14. Frankel, M. T., & Rollins, H. A., Jr. (1983). Does mother know best? Mothers and fathers interaction with preschool sons and daughters. Developmental Psychology, 19, 694-702.
15. Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
16. Gralinski, J. H., & Kopp, C. B. (1993). Everyday rules for behavior: Mothers' requests to young children. Developmental Psychology, 3, 573-584.
17. Haight, W., & Miller, P. J. (1992). The development of everyday pretense play: A longitudinal study of mothers' participation. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 38, 331-349.
18. Haight, W. L., Parke, R. D., & Black, J. E. (1997). Mothers' and fathers' beliefs about and spontaneous participation in their toddlers' pretense play. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43, 271-290.
19. Hines, M., & Kaufman, F. R. (1994). Androgen and the development of human sex-typical behavior: Rough-and-tumble play and sex of preferred playmates in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Child Development, 65, 1042-1053.
20. Howes, C., Unger, O. A., & Matheson, C. (1991). Social pretense play in toddlers: Parallels with social play and with solitary pretense. Child Development, 60, 77-84.
21. Huston, A. C. (1983). Sex-typing. In P. H. Mussen (Series Ed.) & E. M. Hetherington (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of child development: Vol. 4. Socialization, personality, and social development (pp. 387-467). New York: Wiley.
22. Hutt, C. (1972). Males and female. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin.
23. Jacklin, C. N., DiePietro, J. A., & Maccoby, E. E. (1984). Sex-typing behavior and sex-typing pressure in child/parent interaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 13, 413-425.
24. LaFreniere, P., Strayer, F. F., & Gautheir, R. (1984). The emergence of same-sex affiliative preferences among preschool peers: A developmental/ethological perspective. Child Development, 55, 1958-1965.
25. Langlois, J. H., & Downs, A. C. (1980). Mothers, fathers, and peers as socialization agents in sex-typed play behaviors in young children. Child Development, 51, 1217-1247.
26. Leaper, C. (1991). Influence and involvement in children's discourse: Age, gender, and partner effects. Child Development, 62, 797-811.
27. Leaper, C., & Gleason, J. B. (1996). The relationship of play activity and gender to parent and child sex-typed communication. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 19, 689-703.
28. Leaper, C., Anderson, K. J., & Sanders, P. (1998). Moderators of gender effects on parents' talk to their children: A meta-analysis. Developmental Psychology, 34, 3-27.
29. Leaper, C., Leve, L., Strasser, T., & Schwartz, R. (1995). Mother-child communication sequences: Play activity, child gender, and marital status effects. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 41, 307-327.
30. Lindsey, E. W., & Mize, J. (in press). Parent-child physical and pretense play: Links to children's social competence. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
31. Lindsey, E. W., Mize, J., & Pettit, G. S. (1997a). Mutuality in parent-child play: Consequences for children's peer competence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, 523-538.
32. Lindsey, E. W., Mize, J., & Pettit, G. S. (1997b). Differential play patterns of mothers and fathers of sons and daughters: Consequences for children's gender role development. Sex Roles, 37, 643-661.
33. Lytton, H., & Romney, D. M. (1991). Parents' differential socialization of boys and girls: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 109, 267-296.
34. Maccoby, E. E. (1990). Gender and relationships. American Psychologist, 45, 513-520.
35. Maccoby, E. E., & Jacklin, C. N. (1974). The psychology of sex differences. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
36. MacDonald, K., & Parke, R. (1984). Bridging the gap: Parent-child play interaction and peer interactive competence. Child Development, 55, 1265-1277.
37. MacDonald, K., & Parke, R. (1986). Parent-child physical play: The effects of sex and age of children and parents. Sex Roles, 15, 367-378.
38. O'Brien, M., & Nagle, K. J. (1987). Parents' speech to toddlers: The effect of play context. Journal of Child Language, 14, 269-279.
39. Power, T. G., McGrath, M. P., Hughes, S. O., & Manire, S. H. (1994). Compliance and self-assertion: Young children's responses to mothers versus fathers. Developmental Psychology, 30, 980-989.
40. Rheingold, H. L., & Cook, K. V. (1975). The contents of boys' and girls' rooms as an index of parent behavior. Child Development, 46, 459-463.
41. Russell, A., & Russell, G. (1987). Mother-child and father-child relationships in middle childhood. Child Development, 58, 1573-1585.
42. Stevenson, M. B., Leavitt, L. A., Thompson, R. H., & Roach, M. A. (1988). A social relations model analysis of parent and child play. Developmental Psychology, 24(1), 101-108.
43. Serbin, L. A., Sprafkin, C., Elman, M., & Doyle, A. (1994). The early development of sex differentiated patterns of social influence. Canadian Journal of Social Science, 14, 350-363.
44. Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., & Bornstein, M. H. (1991). Individual variation, correspondence, stability and change in mother and toddler play. Infant Behavior and Development, 14, 143-162.
45. Wilson, E. O. (1975). Sociobiology: The new synthesis. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.