Gender Segregation and Gender-Typing in Adolescence

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Clare M. Mehta
JoNell Strough
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[1] West Virginia University,
[2] Children’s Hospital,undefined
[3] Boston/Harvard Medical School Division of Adolescent Medicine,undefined
来源：
Sex Roles | 2010年 / 63卷
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Gender segregation; Gender-typing; Adolescence; Peer relationships; Friendships;
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We investigated correlates of gender segregation among adolescent (15–17 yrs) boys (N = 60) and girls (N = 85) from the Mid-Atlantic United States. Seventy-two percent of peers nominated for “hanging out” were the same gender as the adolescent. Girls’ gender segregation was correlated with gender reference-group identity and believing girls are more responsive communicative partners than boys. Girls were more likely to endorse feminine, expressive traits, a cooperative activity orientation, and to believe in the greater communicative responsiveness of same- vs. other-gender peers. Boys and girls were equally likely to endorse masculine, instrumental traits, competitive activity orientations, and to identify same-gender others as a reference group. We consider implications of the developmental persistence of gender segregation for gender-typing.
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