TY - JOUR
T1 - Mexican-American Adolescents’ Gender-Typed Characteristics
T2 - The Role of Sibling and Friend Characteristics
AU - Perez-Brena, Norma J.
AU - Wheeler, Lorey A.
AU - Updegraff, Kimberly A.
AU - Schaefer, David R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/12/25
Y1 - 2015/12/25
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Friends
KW - Gender-typed orientation
KW - Mexican-American
KW - Siblings
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U2 - 10.1007/s10508-014-0447-3
DO - 10.1007/s10508-014-0447-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 25539774
AN - SCOPUS:84931011419
SN - 0004-0002
VL - 44
SP - 1255
EP - 1268
JO - Archives of Sexual Behavior
JF - Archives of Sexual Behavior
IS - 5
ER -