Early Gender Differences in Core Values Predict Anticipated Family Versus Career Orientation
Early Gender Differences in Core Values Predict Anticipated Family Versus Career Orientation
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797618776942
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发表时间：
2018-09-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Baron, Andrew Scott
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作者：
Block, Katharina;Gonzalez, Antonya Marie;Baron, Andrew Scott
交流和代理通常被描述为核心的人类价值观。在成年人中，这些价值观预测性别角色偏好。然而，很少有工作审查的程度，年轻的男孩和女孩明确赞同社区和代理的价值观，是否早期的性别差异的价值观预测男孩和女孩的不同角色的期望。在411名6至14岁儿童的样本中，我们发现在认可社区和代理价值观方面存在一致的性别差异。在这个年龄范围内，男孩比女孩更少认同社区价值观，而更认同代理价值观。此外，价值观的性别差异部分解释了男孩相对较低的家庭与职业取向，预测他们的取向超过性别认同和父母报告的儿童的性别表达。这些发现表明，核心价值观的性别差异在发展的早期就出现了，并且在儿童决定在自己的家庭中扮演成人角色之前就预测了他们的期望。
Communion and agency are often described as core human values. In adults, these values predict gendered role preferences. Yet little work has examined the extent to which young boys and girls explicitly endorse communal and agentic values and whether early gender differences in values predict boys' and girls' different role expectations. In a sample of 411 children between the ages of 6 and 14 years, we found consistent gender differences in endorsement of communal and agentic values. Across this age range, boys endorsed communal values less and agentic values more than did girls. Moreover, gender differences in values partially accounted for boys' relatively lower family versus career orientation, predicting their orientation over and above gender identification and parent reports of children's gender expression. These findings suggest that gender differences in core values emerge surprisingly early in development and predict children's expectations well before they make decisions about adopting adult roles in their own families.