Prenatal hormones and childhood sex segregation: Playmate and play style preferences in girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 549-555

  Pasterski, Vickie ^a,b   Geffner, Mitchell E ^c   Brain, Caroline ^d   Hindmarsh, Peter ^e   Brook, Charles ^e   Hines, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen; CAH; Hormones; Play style; Playmate; Rough and tumble; Sex differences; Sex segregation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79954858842     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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