The emergence of gender segregation in toddler playgroups

1 September 1994

journal article
research article
Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Vol. 1994 (65) , 7-17
https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.23219946503

Abstract

Contextual and developmental factors that may Flsult in same-sex peer preferences may be observed among two-year-olds prior to the emergence of gender segregation as a dominant pattern in their playgroups.

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