The development of gendered interests and personality qualities from middle childhood through adolescence: A biosocial analysis

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 482-495

  McHale, Susan M ^a   Kim, Ji Yeon ^b   Dotterer, Aryn M ^c   Crouter, Ann C ^a   Booth, Alan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349157864     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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