Gender differences in children's problem behaviours in competitive play with friends

Autor: Lorna Jacobs, Martha J. Hart, Claire Hughes, Rosie Ensor
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 29:176-187
ISSN: 0261-510X
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835x.2010.02016.x
Popis: Disruptive behaviour disorders are much more common in boys than girls (Office of National Statistics, 1999); in contrast, gender differences in normative problem behaviours are poorly understood. To address this issue, 228 6-year-olds (134 boys, 94 girls) were each observed playing a board game with a same-gender friend. Ratings of aggression, disruption, arousal and negativity were used to index problem behaviours. Multiple-groups confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the latent factor had the same metric for boys and girls, but a mean that was approximately half a standard deviation higher for boys than girls. In addition, the association between the latent factor and teachers' ratings of total difficulties was significantly stronger for boys than girls. Language: en
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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