%0 Journal Article
%T Gender differences in children's problem behaviours in competitive play with friends
%J British journal of developmental psychology
%D 2011
%A Jacobs, Lorna
%A Hart, Martha
%A Hughes, Claire
%A Ensor, Rosie
%V 29
%N Pt 2
%P 176-187
%X Disruptive behaviour disorders are much more common in boys than girls (Office of National Statistics, 1999); in contrast, gender differences in normative problem behaviours are poorly understood. To address this issue, 228 6-year-olds (134 boys, 94 girls) were each observed playing a board game with a same-gender friend. Ratings of aggression, disruption, arousal and negativity were used to index problem behaviours. Multiple-groups confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the latent factor had the same metric for boys and girls, but a mean that was approximately half a standard deviation higher for boys than girls. In addition, the association between the latent factor and teachers' ratings of total difficulties was significantly stronger for boys than girls.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I British Psychological Society
%@ 0261-510X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-835X.2010.02016.x