A longitudinal study of gender-related cognition and behaviour

Campbell, A.; Shirley, L.; Candy, J.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00316.x

A longitudinal study of gender-related cognition and behaviour

Campbell, A.; Shirley, L.; Candy, J.

Authors

A. Campbell

L. Shirley

J. Candy

Abstract

Gender schema theory proposes that children's acquisition of gender labels and gender stereotypes informs gender-congruent behaviour. Most previous studies have been cross-sectional and do not address the temporal relationship between knowledge and behaviour. We report the results of a longitudinal study of gender knowledge and sex-typed behaviour across three domains in children tested at 24 and 36 months (N = 56). Although both knowledge and sex-typed behaviour increased significantly between 2 and 3 years, there was no systematic pattern of cross-lagged correlations between the two, although some concurrent relationships were present at 24 months. Future longitudinal work might profitably focus on younger children using reliable pre-verbal measures of gender knowledge and employing a shorter lag between measurement times.

Citation

Campbell, A., Shirley, L., & Candy, J. (2004). A longitudinal study of gender-related cognition and behaviour. Developmental Science, 7(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00316.x

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2004-02
Deposit Date	Mar 15, 2007
Journal	Developmental Science
Print ISSN	1363-755X
Electronic ISSN	1467-7687
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	7
Issue	1
Pages	1-9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00316.x