Girls’ and boys’ choices of peer behavioral characteristics at age five

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Francisco Braza
José R. Sánchez-Martín
Paloma Braza
Rosario Carreras
José M. Muñoz
Aitziber Azurmendi
Iñaki Verdier
Cite this article:  Braza, F., Sánchez-Martín, J., Braza, P., Carreras, R., Muñoz, J., Azurmendi, A., & Verdier, I. (2012). Girls’ and boys’ choices of peer behavioral characteristics at age five. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 40(10), 1749-1760.


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We analyzed age differences in the behavioral profiles of the girls and boys chosen as play partners by same- and cross-sex peers at age 5 and the influence of these choices on subsequent behavior at 9 in a sample of 107 Spanish children. Girls chose girls who had an interest in resources and affective leadership, whereas boys chose boys interested in sport and rejected those preferring role-taking play. Both girls and boys who were preferred by boys at 5 showed low levels of maladaptive behaviors. We suggest that children’s selection of the type of play and behavior of their same-sex peers could be considered a relevant mechanism for explaining the adaptive role of sex segregation during childhood.

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