Noted for its accessibility, this text--now revised and updated to reflect a decade of advances
in the field--examines how attitudes and beliefs about gender profoundly shape all aspects …

The goals of this chapter are to discuss the theories and evidence concerning the roles of
gendered-peer interactions and relationships in children's lives at school. We begin by …

Despite the fact that most boys and girls are in classrooms together, there is considerable
variation in the degree to which their classrooms reflect gender integration (GI). In some …

This study explores the representation of gender through the social interactions presented in
four sets of English textbooks used in China. By examining the representation of both …

The purpose of this article is to highlight the important role that gender plays in organizing
and affecting the quality of the classroom climate. We review research showing how …

Sandra Bem has profoundly affected the ways that gender, gender roles, and gender
development have been conceptualized and investigated by generations of scholars. Her …

Gender role attitudes have important implications at the individual, family, and societal
levels, underscoring the importance of understanding their development. Although parents …

Young children typically report primarily same-gender friendships across childhood.
However, there is growing awareness of the benefits of gender-integrated friendships and …

This study investigated the role of children's gender stereotypes and peer playmate
experiences in shaping their desire to play with peers who hold counterstereotypical …

Childhood gender segregation, the tendency for children to form acquaintanceships and
friendships with those of the same gender (Mehta & Smith, 2019), has been proposed to be …