Gender-Typed Behaviors in Friendships and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study of Chinese and American Boys

Autor: Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Niobe Way, Yueming Jia, Taveeshi Gupta, Carlos Eduardo Magalhães dos Santos, Diane Hughes, Xinyin Chen, Huihua Deng, Rebecca Kang McGill
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Research on Adolescence. 23:57-68
ISSN: 1050-8392
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00824.x
Popis: This 3-year, longitudinal analysis examined the psychological and social correlates of adhering to gender-typed behaviors in friendships among boys during middle school in United States (N = 446, Mage = 11.37 years) and in China (N = 368, Mage = 12.20 years). Results indicated that boys did not differ by nationality in the mean levels or in the increase over time in adherence to gender-typed behaviors. Furthermore, adherence over time was associated with higher depressive symptoms, lower self-esteem, and lower friendship quality for boys in both countries. However, the associations between gender-typed behaviors and friendship quality and depressive symptoms were stronger for boys in the United States. Our study suggests that gender-typed behaviors play an important role in the well-being of youth in different parts of the world.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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