A Longitudinal Study of Preschool Children's (Homo sapiens) Sex Segregation

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-228

  Bohn Gettler, Catherine M ^a   Pellegrini, Anthony D ^b   Dupuis, Danielle ^b   Hickey, Meghan ^b   Hou, Yuefeng ^b   Roseth, Cary ^c   Solberg, David ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Sex roles; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954775837     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018083     Document Type: Article

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