God made me a girl
Sex-category constancy judgments and explanations revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joel Szkrybalo (New York University, corresponding author), Diane N Ruble |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 392-402 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.35.2.392 |
| PMID | 10082010 |
| OpenAlex | W2000589720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 7 |
To examine reasons for inconsistent findings in the development of sex-category constancy, children's constancy judgments and their accompanying explanations were studied over a 3-year period. Preschool, kindergarten, and 1st-grade children (N = 195) completed a sex-category constancy measure that elicited explanations and assessed constancy for the self and others across changes in gender-typed clothing, activities, and traits. Improvements in sex-category constancy performance were linked to explanations based on operational reasoning. Lower constancy scores were linked to explanations that emphasized gender role norms and external appearances. A separate analysis revealed that judgment-explanation relationships were stronger for questions about gender role changes in the self as opposed to others and for changes in gender-typed clothing as opposed to activities and traits. Findings suggest that the salience and personal relevance of gender role changes have important effects on children's sex-category constancy judgments and explanations
Childhood development · Clothing · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Generality · Girl · Salience (neuroscience · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Fluidity in Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Identity in Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
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Gender Constancy Judgments in Children with Gender Identity Disorder
Cognitive theories of early gender development
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Sex Role Concepts of Two- and Three-Year-Olds
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Gender understanding and sex role preference in four cultures
Relations of conceptions of gender-role transgressions and gender constancy to gender-typed toy preferences
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2024 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |