Preschoolers' Perceptions of Gender Appropriate Toys and their Parents' Beliefs About Genderized Behaviors: Miscommunication, Mixed Messages, or Hidden Truths?
Preschoolers' Perceptions of Gender Appropriate Toys and their Parents' Beliefs About Genderized Behaviors: Miscommunication, Mixed Messages, or Hidden Truths?
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10.1007/s10643-006-0123-x
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
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2.7
通讯作者：
Freeman, Nancy K.
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作者：
Freeman, Nancy K.
幼儿在学龄前就形成了对性别的理解。他们在三岁的时候就能准确地将常见的性别刻板印象应用到玩具上，并且很容易预测父母对性别典型和跨性别游戏的看法。这项研究涉及3岁和5岁的儿童识别“女孩玩具”和“男孩玩具”。研究还要求他们预测父母对他们选择性别玩具的反应。这些孩子的父母接受了调查，以描述他们对性别特定的玩具和行为的偏好。答复表明，尽管有证据表明，这些父母中有许多人拒绝共同的性别陈规定型观念，但他们的孩子预测父母会始终如一地应用这些陈规定型观念，这反映在他们对孩子选择玩性别陈规定型观念或跨性别玩具的批准或反对上。父母的自我描述的信念和儿童的看法，他们已经收到了关于性别化的游戏的信息之间的不匹配进行了讨论。
Young children construct understandings of gender during the preschool years. They accurately apply common gender stereotypes to toys by the time they are three and readily predict their parents' opinions about gender-typical and cross-gender play. This study involved 3- and 5-year-old children in identifying "girl toys" and "boy toys". It also asked them to predict their parents' reactions to their choices of gender-specific toys. These children's parents were surveyed in an effort to describe their preferences about gender-specific toys and behaviors. Responses indicated that, in spite of evidence that many of these parents reject common gender stereotypes, their children predicted parents would consistently apply these stereotypes as reflected by their approval or disapproval of children's choices to play with gender stereotyped or cross-gender toys. The mis-match between parents' self-described beliefs and children's perceptions of the messages they have received about genderized play are discussed.