Merrill-Palmer Quarterly articles from July 2007

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly archives from July 2007

Introduction to the special issue gender and children's friendships: do girls' and boys' friendships constitute different peer cultures, and what are the trade-offs for development?
July 1, 2007... Two theoretical perspectives are introduced as frameworks for organizing these essays on gender and friendship. The two cultures perspective (Maccoby, 1998) logically begins with the robust phenomenon of gender segregation from the preschool...

Ethnic heterogeneity of social networks and cross-ethnic friendships of elementary school boys and girls.(Report)
July 1, 2007... The present study examines the ethnic heterogeneity of children's social networks and cross-ethnic friendships as a function of gender, age, and time in an ethnically diverse school. Subjects were 350 children in first through sixth grades....

Same-gender versus cross-gender friendship conceptions: similar or different?(Report)
July 1, 2007... This study compared same- and cross-gender friendship conceptions and explored the cross-gender friendship experiences of 174 students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 12. Preliminary information about the nature and extent of cross-gender friendship...

Girl talk: gossip, friendship, and sociometric status.(Report)
July 1, 2007... This study examined the characteristics of gossip among fourth-grade girls and their close friends. Sixty friendship dyads were videotaped as they engaged in conversation, and their gossip was coded. Analyses revealed gossip to be a dominant...

Friendship features and social exclusion: an observational study examining gender and social context.(Report)
July 1, 2007... This study examined the effects of gender and context on relations between children's friendship features (intimacy, exclusivity, and aggression) and socially exclusive gestures and remarks. One hundred forty dyads of mutually nominated close...

The protective role of friendships in overtly and relationally victimized boys and girls.(Report)
July 1, 2007... This study was conducted to assess whether friendship quality and gender moderate the association between peer victimization and internalizing distress. Third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade children (N = 670; 315 girls, 355 boys) completed...

Gender differences in the interpersonal consequences of early-onset depressive symptoms.(Report)
July 1, 2007... Although research has identified gender differences in the interpersonal antecedents of depressive symptoms in youth, little is known about gender differences in the interpersonal consequences of depression. The goal of the present research was...

Structure, content, and socioemotional correlates of girls' and boys' friendships: recent advances and future directions.(Report)
July 1, 2007... Children spend considerable time in gender-segregated friendship groups in which they develop gender-typed interpersonal styles that have implications for their adjustment and ability to interact with the other sex. However, most of what we...

The study of sex, gender, and relationships with peers: a full or empty experience?
July 1, 2007... Studies of friendship, sex, and gender come in many forms and address a set of questions that are as broad as the study of friendship itself. The papers in this special issue reveal gender differences in the features, processes, and outcomes...

Girlfriends and boyfriends diverging in middle childhood and coming together in romantic relationships.(Report)
July 1, 2007... This conclusion to this special issue on gender and friendships considers how these studies confirm, challenge, and extend the two cultures (Maccoby, 1998) and emotional trade-offs (Rose & Rudolph, 2006) perspectives. An intriguing but rarely...