Variance of Sex-Role Preference among Boys and Girls
- 1 October 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 23 (2) , 467-470
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1968.23.2.467
Abstract
This study tested the prediction that young girls would show greater group variance than young boys would in a measure of sex-role preference. The prediction was inconsistent with some previous research and was based upon certain assumptions concerning the development of sex-role preference. 48 pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first-, and second-grade children were given a sex-oriented toy-preference test. The prediction was supported ( p < .01); boys preferred boys' toys more than girls preferred girls' toys ( p < .01). Older children preferred own-sexed toys more than the younger ones did ( p < .05).Keywords
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