The Contextual Specificity of Masculinity and Femininity in Early Adolescence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12686283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Pickard Leszczynski, Jonell Strough (0000-0001-9228-9742, West Virginia University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 719-736 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-9507 • E-ISSN: 0961-205X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00443.x |
| OpenAlex | W2034392489 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 49 |
Using a social constructionist perspective, we investigated the flexibility of early adolescents' (N = 80, 40 boys, 40 girls; M age = 13.14; SD = .65) masculinity and femininity as a function of the interpersonal context (same‐ or other‐sex partner) and situational demands (co‐operation or competition). Participants played a block‐building game with a girl and a boy peer and were instructed either to play the game co‐operatively or competitively. Boys' and girls' femininity scores were greater when working with a girl peer rather than a boy peer. Stereotypical gender differences in masculinity were most apparent when instructions emphasized co‐operation. These findings provide empirical support for a social constructionist theory of gender development by demonstrating how the proximal situation changes adolescents' views of gendered aspects of their identity. A conceptualization of masculinity and femininity as flexible states is discussed as supplementing the idea that masculinity and femininity are enduring personality traits. Implications of the study for understanding how social situations maximize or minimize gender differences and similarities are discussed
Conceptualization · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Doing gender · Femininity · Girl · Masculinity · Situational ethics · Social constructionism · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
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Reviving Androgyny
The Contextual Specificity of Gender
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Having and Doing Gender
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Contextual Influences on Gender Segregation in Emerging Adulthood
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The gender similarities hypothesis.
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Gender stereotypes during adolescence
Developmental changes in the influence of assigned goals on cooperation and competition
Goals as a mediator of gender differences in high-affiliation dyadic conversations
Gender and relationships
The origins of sex differences in human behavior
Comparison Of Computer-Assisted Cooperative, Competitive, And Individualistic Learning
Salience of gender and sex composition of ad hoc groups
Stability and malleability of the self-concept
Emerging adulthood
Cognitive theories of early gender development
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,42 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |