Mexican-American Adolescents' Gender-Typed Characteristics: The Role of Sibling and Friend Characteristics
| dc.contributor.author | Perez-Brena, Norma J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wheeler, Lorey A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Updegraff, Kimberly A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schaefer, David R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-19T15:52:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-19T15:52:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined the role of sibling and friend characteristics in Mexican-American youth's gender-typed characteristics (i.e., attitudes, interests, and leisure activities) in early versus middle adolescence using a sibling design. Mexican-American 7th graders (M = 12.51 years; SD = .58) and their older siblings (M = 15.48 years; SD = 1.57) from 246 families participated in home interviews and a series of seven nightly phone calls. Results revealed that younger/early adolescent siblings reported more traditional gender role attitudes than their older/middle adolescent siblings and older brothers were more traditional in their attitudes than older sisters. When comparing siblings' gender-typed interests and leisure activities, boys reported more masculine orientations than girls and girls reported more feminine orientations than boys. Older brothers' gender-typed characteristics were associated with the amount of time spent with and gender characteristics of their friendship group, but for younger brothers, sibling characteristics were associated with their gender-typed characteristics. In contrast, both sibling and friendship characteristics were significantly associated with older and younger sisters' gender-typed characteristics. The discussion addressed the different correlates of older and younger sisters' and brothers' gender-typed characteristics. | |
| dc.description.department | Family and Consumer Sciences | |
| dc.description.version | This is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in Archives of Sexual Behavior. | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 27 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Perez-Brena, N. J., Wheeler, L. A., Updegraff, K. A., Schaefer, D. R. (2015). Mexican-American adolescents' gender-typed characteristics: The role of sibling and friend characteristics. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(5), pp. 1255-1268. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0447-3 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0004-0002 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/9467 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.source | Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2015, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 1255-1268. | |
| dc.subject | adolescence | |
| dc.subject | friends | |
| dc.subject | gender-typed orientation | |
| dc.subject | Mexican-American | |
| dc.subject | siblings | |
| dc.subject | Family and Consumer Sciences | |
| dc.title | Mexican-American Adolescents' Gender-Typed Characteristics: The Role of Sibling and Friend Characteristics | |
| dc.type | Article |