Citation

Mulvey KL, Killen M. Child Dev. 2014; 86(3): 681-694.

Affiliation

University of South Carolina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdev.12317

PMID

25382748

Abstract

The likelihood of resisting gender-stereotypic peer group norms, along with expectations about personal resistance, was investigated in 9- to 10-year-olds and 13- to 14-year-olds (N = 292). Participants were told about a stereotype conforming group (boys playing football; girls doing ballet) and a stereotype nonconforming group (boys doing ballet; girls playing football). Contrary to expectations from gender-stereotyping research, participants stated that they would personally resist gender-stereotypic norms, and more so than they would expect their peers to resist. However, expecting peers to resist declined with age. Participants expected that exclusion from the group was a consequence for challenging the peer group, and understood the asymmetrical status of gender stereotypes with an expectation that it would be more difficult for boys to challenge stereotypes than for girls.


Keywords: American football; Sports; Recreation; Soccer

Language: en