Gender Development in Adolescence

Galambos, Nancy L.; Berenbaum, Sheri A.; McHale, Susan M.

doi:10.1002/9780470479193.adlpsy001011

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“…Despite increases in egalitarianism in many segments of western societies, there are still marked differences of socialization of girls and boys throughout development, as well as important parental gender differences in family roles (Galambos et al 2009). An important body of literature on family relationships documents that, compared to fathers, mothers are more involved in instrumental activities with their children (i.e.…”

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A Further Examination of the Distinction Between Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Parental Psychological Control: Psychometric Properties of the DAPCS with French-Speaking Late Adolescents

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Psychological control refers to parental behaviors that intrude on the psychological and emotional development of the child. In 2010, Soenens et al. proposed a distinction between two domain-specific expressions of psychological control, that is, Dependency-oriented Psychological Control (DPC) and Achievement-oriented Psychological Control (APC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the factor structure, reliability, and convergent validity of the French form of the Dependency-oriented and Achievement-oriented Psychological Control Scale (DAPCS; Soenens et al. in J Pers 78(1):217-256, 2010) in a sample of late adolescents (N = 291, mean age = 21.65). Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the hypothesized two-factor solution of the DAPCS for paternal as well as for maternal ratings. Moreover, high indices of internal consistency indicated that both subscales produced reliable scores. Further, convergent validity was confirmed by theoretically consistent associations between the DAPCS' subscales and well-established assessments of general parenting style dimensions. Finally, results evidenced gender specific patterns supporting the relevance of domain differentiation in the assessment of psychological control. Overall, the results of this study indicated that the French form of the DAPCS might be a useful instrument to assess two domain-specific types of parental psychological control among French-speaking adolescents.

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A Further Examination of the Distinction Between Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Parental Psychological Control: Psychometric Properties of the DAPCS with French-Speaking Late Adolescents

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“…In short, the seeds of many psychological sex differences appear to be sewn before birth, with future developmental experiences being shaped by the degree of prenatal neuroandrogenic brain masculinization (Alexander and Wilcox 2012). Some psychological sex differences are not established before birth, of course, and instead result from activational effects that emerge in early childhood (Del Giudice and Belsky 2010;Ellis 2004) or at puberty (Galambos et al 2009;Hyde et al 2008;Ruigrok et al 2013). From a life history perspective (Kaplan and Gangestad 2005), just as sex differences in body hair, muscle mass, and voice pitch emerge most strongly at puberty (Puts 2010), many psychological sex differences may be designed to emerge most strongly with the onset of such factors as ambulatory exploration (Silverman et al 2007) or mating effort (Burke et al 2014).…”

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The Evolution of Culturally-Variable Sex Differences: Men and Women Are Not Always Different, but When They Are…It Appears Not to Result from Patriarchy or Sex Role Socialization

Schmitt

2014

Evolutionary Psychology

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“…The first approach has focused on effects of increasing sex hormone levels on characteristics that emerge or become increasingly gender-differentiated in adolescence, such as emotion and cognition (Galambos et al 2009). Hormone-behavior links are not obvious within the normal range, but hormonal increases in early-to-mid puberty may increase risk for problems (e.g., depression and disordered eating in girls, aggression in boys).…”

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A Role for Biology in Gender-Related Behavior

2011

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We take the opportunity of the 35th anniversary of Sex Roles to examine the journal and the field of gender research from a biological perspective. We discuss the limited coverage of biological perspectives in the pages of the journal and likely reasons for it in light of historical perspectives on the role of biology in gendered psychological processes and behaviors, review briefly contemporary research on biological (especially hormonal) influences on gender-related behavior, advocate for greater attention to biological perspectives, and suggest ways to integrate biological and socialization approaches into questions of interest to gender researchers.In honor of the journal's 35th anniversary, the editors of Sex Roles are publishing a special series of articles (Frieze and Dittrich 2010). In our paper in this series, we consider the impact of biological factors on gender-related behavior and psychological processes. We are primarily concerned with characteristics that differ in level or form between boys or men and girls or women, most of which also show variations within each gender; we do not address social and political factors that disproportionately affect women's lives (such as sexual harassment or rape). Our domain of focus is usually referred to as gender differences, gender typing, gender-related behavior, or gendered characteristics (e.g., Ruble et al. 2006). We use this paper to consider historical and contemporary work on the biology of sex and gender, examine how these issues have been represented in Sex Roles, speculate about why biological research has not played a larger role than it has, and, finally, suggest some changes to the journal's mission.Why should gender researchers consider the possibility that genes and physiology (such as hormones and brain function) are important for behavior? Sex Roles has consistently been focused on social processes, stereotyping, and experiences of particular relevance to women's lives; this is the stated mission of the journal. But, increasingly, behavior of all types has been shown to be influenced by genes and physiology and mediated by the brain. A complete picture of gender-related behavior necessitates a consideration of biology.

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Gender Development in Adolescence

Cited by 76 publications

References 283 publications

A Further Examination of the Distinction Between Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Parental Psychological Control: Psychometric Properties of the DAPCS with French-Speaking Late Adolescents

A Further Examination of the Distinction Between Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Parental Psychological Control: Psychometric Properties of the DAPCS with French-Speaking Late Adolescents

The Evolution of Culturally-Variable Sex Differences: Men and Women Are Not Always Different, but When They Are…It Appears Not to Result from Patriarchy or Sex Role Socialization

A Role for Biology in Gender-Related Behavior

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