Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations

This chapter reviews contemporary research on children’s gender development. Theories addressing cultural and social-structural, cognitive and motivational, and biological influences are summarized. These theoretical frameworks are used to interpret gender-related variations in the following areas: temperament, gender schemas, self-concepts, sexist attitudes, gender segregation and peer group relations, play, sports, academic achievement, communication style, direct and indirect aggression, sexual harassment, and friendship intimacy. Gender similarities and within-gender variability are emphasized.

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Discovering peer group relations.

10.1037/14556-009 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 257-299

Author(s):

J. Murray Lee ◽

Dorris May Lee

Keyword(s):

Peer Group ◽

Group Relations

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Exploring Intersections of Employment and Ethnicity Amongst British Pakistani Young Men

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.1144 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Hasmita Ramji

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Social Context ◽

Social Dynamics ◽

Peer Group ◽

Young Men ◽

Research Focus ◽

Group Relations ◽

The Social ◽

British Pakistanis

This article draws upon research conducted amongst young British Pakistani men in Lancashire to explore how different boundaries of British Pakistani identity are being constructed. It focuses on the significance of employment within Pakistani men's inter and intra-ethnic peer group relations and the ways in which the social dynamics that underlie those relations provide the context for understanding the particular nature and form that ethnicity takes. It does this through the narratives of professional and non-professional men. The article has two aims, firstly it seeks to contribute to the literature on understanding ethnic identity by looking at boundaries as they manifest themselves and suggesting one way in which ethnicity can be understood within a specific social context. Secondly, in so doing it hopes to extend research focus on British Pakistanis away from conventional agendas.

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