Adult sex role orientation and perceptions of aggressive interactions between girls and boys

Susser, Sheryl A.; Keating, Caroline F.

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“…It is possible that these effects did not emerge because the simple manipulation of labels (e.g., children's names) may not have been enough to elicit the social-cognitive bias effects that have been documented in the past (Condry & Ross, 1985). Additional subtle cues of gender (e.g., clothing, hairstyle, body movements), which were not incorporated in the present study, may have been more appropriate to elicit biased perceptions in judgments of acts of aggression and prosocial behavior for girls and boys (Susser & Keating, 1990).…”

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“…The second version consisted of the same 40 interactions, but also contained a gendered name for the "child" and the "peer" that corresponded to the sex of the child in the original preschool study. Both same-sex and crosssex interactions were included given past recommendations to include both situations to avoid possible sex of target confounds (see Susser & Keating, 1990).…”

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“…Other studies with untrained college students have demonstrated that the actions of preschool boys toward preschool girls are often considered more intentional and deserving of more severe punishments than girls' behavior toward boys (Susser & Keating, 1990). In addition, past research has revealed that college students rely more on gender stereotypes when predicting children's current and future behaviors than do younger children (Berndt & Heller, 1986).…”

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“…Past gender and observer bias research (e.g., Condry & Ross, 1985;Gurwtiz & Dodge, 1975;Kirch, 1999;Lyons & Serbin, 1986;Susser & Keating, 1990) has focused exclusively on physical aggression (e.g., kicking, hitting, threatening physical force), which is more common in boys (Coie & Dodge, 1998), and researchers have neglected other forms of aggression that may be more common in girls. Relational aggression, which is defined as the removal, or the threat of the removal, of a relationship as the means of harm (e.g., giving the silent treatment or ignoring a peer, excluding peers from play or activities, spreading malicious lies or gossip, Crick & Grotpeter, 1995) appears to be more frequent among girls and women across developmental periods (cf.…”

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Gender-biased Perceptions of Preschoolers? Behavior: How Much Is Aggression and Prosocial Behavior in the Eye of the Beholder?

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In this study we investigated the perceptions of male and female college students (N = 208) who evaluated preschoolers' actual aggressive and prosocial behavior, which was obtained from naturalistic observations and presented as detailed transcripts. Findings revealed that men were not as accurate as women were in identifying relational aggression and prosocial behavior. Coders were generally similar in their identification of physical and verbal aggression. This study suggests that gender biases and stereotypes exist in the evaluation of relational aggression and prosocial behavior, which included assessments of relational inclusion. Researchers must take precautionary steps to investigate and ameliorate the gender biases of potential informants, which, if not addressed, may lead to errors in a myriad of standard methodological instruments (e.g., observations, teacher reports, and survey designs) currently used by psychologists and relationship scholars.

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“…However, the subjects viewed such behavior by girls as aggression rather than as play [43]. On the other hand, in similar studies the sex of the children was made clear to observers, and when the sex of the aggressor and the target was known, subjects rated boys and girls as equally aggressive; neverthe-less, boys' aggression was seen as more intentional and masculine [44,45].…”

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Adolescents' Predictions of Aggressive Behavioral Patterns in Different Settings

Romero¹

2011

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Few studies have examined adolescents' predictions of aggression involving other adolescents; previous research has focused mainly on studying the perceptions of physical aggression. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore adolescents' predictions of physical, verbal, and indirect aggression in hypothetical scenarios of aggression and to establish any sex differences in these predictions. A total of 653 adolescents aged 14 to 18 participated in the study. The sex of the aggressor and the sex of the target were manipulated, and participants' predictions of the likelihood of aggressive behavioral patterns were measured through the use of a questionnaire. Results showed a significant interaction between the two independent variables. More specifically, results showed that (i) when the aggressor and the target were both males, the subjects more often predicted that the aggressor would use physical and verbal aggression; (ii) when the aggressor and the target were both females, subjects predicted that the aggressor would use more indirect aggression; (iii) males predicted the use of physical aggression more readily when the target was a male; (iv) females predicted the use of verbal and indirect aggression more readily than males when the target was a female; and (v) the situations in which subjects predicted that the aggressor would use more physical, verbal and indirect aggression were when the aggression took place between peers, followed by situations in which aggression took place in a domestic context.

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Adolescent perceptions of indirect forms of relational aggression: sex of perpetrator effects

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Different types of aggressive behavior (both physical and relational) by boys and girls have been shown to be perceived differently by observers. However, most research has focused on adult perceptions of very young children, with little research examining other ages. The aim of this study is to establish any sex differences in adolescent perceptions of indirect forms of relational aggression enacted by boys and girls. One hundred and sixty adolescents were shown one of the two videos involving relational aggression and completed a questionnaire that assessed their perceptions of the aggression. The videos were identical except for the sex of the aggressor and the victim; one condition portrayed boy-to-boy aggression, the other showed girl-to-girl aggression. Results indicated that participants viewed boy-to-boy relational aggression as more justified. This study revealed that stereotypes about aggressive boys are perpetuated even when the aggression is a type that is not commonly associated with boys.

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Adult sex role orientation and perceptions of aggressive interactions between girls and boys

Cited by 13 publications

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Gender-biased Perceptions of Preschoolers? Behavior: How Much Is Aggression and Prosocial Behavior in the Eye of the Beholder?

Gender-biased Perceptions of Preschoolers? Behavior: How Much Is Aggression and Prosocial Behavior in the Eye of the Beholder?

Adolescents' Predictions of Aggressive Behavioral Patterns in Different Settings

Adolescent perceptions of indirect forms of relational aggression: sex of perpetrator effects

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