Gender typicality and popularity: Relationships among felt pressure, intergroup biases, and contentment
Advisor Information
Jonathan Santo
Location
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
6-3-2015 11:00 AM
End Date
6-3-2015 12:30 PM
Abstract
Felt pressure to behave in gender-typical ways, intergroup gender biases, the degree of gender contentment, and how gender-typical children consider themselves may all play a role in the relationship between peers’ assessment of behavior and popularity. Egan and Perry (2001) developed scales to measure these variables, and showed that they are associated with adjustment among children. The present study examined how these variables are related to peer nominations of gender typicality and popularity. Data were collected from 181 children (47.50% female) in grades five and six (mean age = 10.67, S.D. = .55) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current findings illustrate the various means by which gender roles are associated with whether a child is perceived as typical and/or atypical for their gender by peers and how those are tied to popularity. Sex differences are also explored.
Gender typicality and popularity: Relationships among felt pressure, intergroup biases, and contentment
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
Felt pressure to behave in gender-typical ways, intergroup gender biases, the degree of gender contentment, and how gender-typical children consider themselves may all play a role in the relationship between peers’ assessment of behavior and popularity. Egan and Perry (2001) developed scales to measure these variables, and showed that they are associated with adjustment among children. The present study examined how these variables are related to peer nominations of gender typicality and popularity. Data were collected from 181 children (47.50% female) in grades five and six (mean age = 10.67, S.D. = .55) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current findings illustrate the various means by which gender roles are associated with whether a child is perceived as typical and/or atypical for their gender by peers and how those are tied to popularity. Sex differences are also explored.