TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender-Typed Behaviors in Friendships and Well-Being
T2 - A Cross-Cultural Study of Chinese and American Boys
AU - Gupta, Taveeshi
AU - Way, Niobe
AU - McGill, Rebecca K.
AU - Hughes, Diane
AU - Santos, Carlos
AU - Jia, Yueming
AU - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
AU - Chen, Xinyin
AU - Deng, Huihua
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - This 3-year, longitudinal analysis examined the psychological and social correlates of adhering to gender-typed behaviors in friendships among boys during middle school in United States (N = 446, Mage = 11.37 years) and in China (N = 368, Mage = 12.20 years). Results indicated that boys did not differ by nationality in the mean levels or in the increase over time in adherence to gender-typed behaviors. Furthermore, adherence over time was associated with higher depressive symptoms, lower self-esteem, and lower friendship quality for boys in both countries. However, the associations between gender-typed behaviors and friendship quality and depressive symptoms were stronger for boys in the United States. Our study suggests that gender-typed behaviors play an important role in the well-being of youth in different parts of the world.
AB - This 3-year, longitudinal analysis examined the psychological and social correlates of adhering to gender-typed behaviors in friendships among boys during middle school in United States (N = 446, Mage = 11.37 years) and in China (N = 368, Mage = 12.20 years). Results indicated that boys did not differ by nationality in the mean levels or in the increase over time in adherence to gender-typed behaviors. Furthermore, adherence over time was associated with higher depressive symptoms, lower self-esteem, and lower friendship quality for boys in both countries. However, the associations between gender-typed behaviors and friendship quality and depressive symptoms were stronger for boys in the United States. Our study suggests that gender-typed behaviors play an important role in the well-being of youth in different parts of the world.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00824.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00824.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873896249
SN - 1050-8392
VL - 23
SP - 57
EP - 68
JO - Journal of Research on Adolescence
JF - Journal of Research on Adolescence
IS - 1
ER -