Gender and Patterns of Concerned Responsiveness in Representations of the Mother-Daughter and Mother-Son Relationship
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| Title: | Gender and Patterns of Concerned Responsiveness in Representations of the Mother-Daughter and Mother-Son Relationship |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Butler, Ruth, Shalit-Naggar, Rachel |
| Source: | Child Development. Jul-Aug 2008 79(4):836-851. |
| Availability: | Blackwell Publishing. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8599; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: customerservices@blackwellpublishing.com; Web site: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jnl_default.asp |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Mothers, Daughters, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences, Sons, Females, Foreign Countries, Young Children, Personal Narratives, Low Income Groups, Social Influences, Child Development |
| Geographic Terms: | Israel |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01162.x |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
| Abstract: | Given that girls show more interpersonal concern than boys, it was predicted that more mother-daughter than mother-son dyads would develop a relationship of mutual concerned responsiveness (CR). Two hundred and twenty-six Israeli children (7-8 years old) and 91 mother-child pairs provided narratives of mother-child interactions. At high levels of socioeconomic status (SES), descriptions of child but not maternal concern differed by gender; therefore, more mother-daughter narratives described mutual CR and more mother-son narratives described a nonreciprocal pattern of maternal CR. In a low-SES sample, most mother-daughter narratives described mutual CR, but many mothers and sons described little concern by either partner. Results provided clear evidence of gender differences in mother-child reciprocity and confirmed the importance of examining gender influences in different social groups. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 62 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Accession Number: | EJ802174 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Given that girls show more interpersonal concern than boys, it was predicted that more mother-daughter than mother-son dyads would develop a relationship of mutual concerned responsiveness (CR). Two hundred and twenty-six Israeli children (7-8 years old) and 91 mother-child pairs provided narratives of mother-child interactions. At high levels of socioeconomic status (SES), descriptions of child but not maternal concern differed by gender; therefore, more mother-daughter narratives described mutual CR and more mother-son narratives described a nonreciprocal pattern of maternal CR. In a low-SES sample, most mother-daughter narratives described mutual CR, but many mothers and sons described little concern by either partner. Results provided clear evidence of gender differences in mother-child reciprocity and confirmed the importance of examining gender influences in different social groups. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01162.x |
