Parents' differential socialization of boys and girls: a meta-analysis
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A meta-analysis of 172 studies attempted to resolve the conflict between previous narrative reviews on whether parents make systematic differences in their rearing of boys and girls. Most effect sizes were found to be nonsignificant and small. In North American studies, the only socialization area o
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A large-scale meta-analysis of parental treatment of boys and girls found that parents who encouraged children's gender-typed toys and activities and discouraged cross-gender-typed toys and activities had children with more gender-typical activity involvement.
“A large-scale meta-analysis of parental treatment of boys and girls found that parents who encouraged children ' s gender-typed toys and activities and discouraged cross-gender-typed toys and activities had children with more gender-typical activity involvement (Lytton and Romney, 1991).”
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- Authors
- Lytton, H., & Romney, D. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1991-03
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 267-296
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2029643882
- Cited by
- 1,210
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 17.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Keywords
- gender socialization, parental socialization, boys and girls, parenting practices
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