Children's reasoning about gender-atypical preferences in different settings

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-217

  Conry Murray, Clare ^a  

^a Penn State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender development; Middle childhood; Moral development

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84875543123     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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