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Research paper thumbnail of Differing gender diverse children have differing experiences with same‐ and other‐gender peers

British journal of developmental psychology, May 21, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Measuring early adolescents' prosocial behavior toward diverse others: Considering multiple social identities

Journal of adolescence, Feb 12, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Meet Up Buddy Up: effective strategies to promote 4th grade students' intergroup prosocial behavior

Introduction: Given the changing demographics in the U.S., it has become increasingly important t... more Introduction: Given the changing demographics in the U.S., it has become increasingly important to promote prosocial behavior toward those dissimilar from oneself. This research is the first to examine the degree to which children's group-based prosocial behavior, specifically, prosocial behavior directed to othergender peers, can be promoted through simple classroom-based intervention strategies. Methods: Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) pre-and post-design with th graders from four schools in the Southwest U.S. over academic year, we examined the e ect of simultaneously implementing two strategies for promoting relationships among diverse peers, Meet Up and Buddy Up (MUBU). MU involved promoting group/classroom level peer interactions whereas BU focused on dyadic peer interactions. Results and discussion: Path analysis yielded support for our hypothesis that MUBU e ectively increased children's other-gender prosociality above and beyond baseline prosociality. The finding speaks to the utility of relationshipbuilding for enhancing children's intergroup prosocial behavior. We discussed implications for research and educational practices.

Research paper thumbnail of Family economic pressure and early adolescents' prosocial behavior: The importance of considering the types of prosocial behavior

Research paper thumbnail of White children's prosocial behavior toward White versus Black peers: The role of children's effortful control and parents' implicit racial attitudes

Research paper thumbnail of Parents Matter: Accepting Parents Have Less Anxious Gender Expansive Children

Research paper thumbnail of Gender in Education

Research paper thumbnail of Parenting and White children's prosocial behaviors toward same‐race and other‐race peers: The moderating role of targeted moral emotions

Family Relations, Mar 23, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Parents’ color-blind racial ideology and implicit racial attitudes predict children’s race-based sympathy

Journal of Family Psychology, Nov 28, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Contemporary Cognitive Approaches to Gender Development: New Schemas, New Directions, and New Conceptualizations of Gender

Springer International Publishing eBooks, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of How Coeducational Are Coeducational Classes?

Proceedings of the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting

Research paper thumbnail of Parents' valuing diversity and White children's prosociality toward White and Black peers

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Research paper thumbnail of Does the Gender of Your Friends Matter for Sexist Attitudes About Women?

Emerging Adulthood

Building upon two complimentary theoretical frameworks related to group relations (i.e., Intergro... more Building upon two complimentary theoretical frameworks related to group relations (i.e., Intergroup Contact Theory and Peer Exposure), we examined how emerging adults’ friendships with men and women were related to their hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, and sexual objectification attitudes. Participants were 212 college students ( M age = 20.20 years, SD = 2.08; 62% female; 58% White) from a large southwestern university. Results provided support for Intergroup Contact Theory and for a Peer Exposure effect, but only for men. Specifically, for men, having female friends was negatively associated with hostile sexism, and having male friends was positively related to hostile sexism; neither friendship type related to benevolent sexism. For women, no significant relations between friends and attitudes were found; this is likely due to the assessed attitudes being about women (their own group). The findings suggest a promising pathway to mitigate gender-based prejudice for men through ...

Research paper thumbnail of White children's empathy‐related responding and prosocial behavior toward White and Black children

Research paper thumbnail of Young Adults’ Intergroup Prosocial Behavior and its Associations With Social Dominance Orientation, Social Identities, Prosocial Moral Obligation, and Belongingness

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, May 14, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The Benefits of Buddies: Strategically Pairing Preschoolers with Other-Gender Classmates Promotes Positive Peer Interactions

Early Education and Development

Research paper thumbnail of Gender integration and elementary‐age students' classroom belongingness: The importance of other‐gender peers

Psychology in the Schools, Mar 28, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Gender Attitudes Measure

Research paper thumbnail of Being helpful to other‐gender peers: School‐age children's gender‐based intergroup prosocial behaviour

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Research paper thumbnail of Early Adolescents’ Gender Typicality and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Parental Acceptance

The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022

In a school sample of early adolescents, we expanded the view of gender typicality to include ado... more In a school sample of early adolescents, we expanded the view of gender typicality to include adolescents who varied in the extent of felt similarity to own- and other-gender peers, and examined how their felt own- and other-gender similarity, are related to depression. Further, we examined the moderating role of parental acceptance of gender atypicality. Participants were 504 ethnically/racially diverse sixth graders ( Mage = 11 years, SD = 0.56, 51.6% boys) and their parents. Path analyses showed that adolescents’ felt own-gender similarity, but not felt other-gender similarity, was negatively related to depression. Further, when parental acceptance was high, adolescent depression was low, even for adolescents who had cross-gender tendencies or low own-gender tendencies. Tendencies of atypicality were only related to risk for depression when parental acceptance was low. These findings support previous research that many variations of gender typicality exist, and highlighted the im...

Research paper thumbnail of Differing gender diverse children have differing experiences with same‐ and other‐gender peers

British journal of developmental psychology, May 21, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Measuring early adolescents' prosocial behavior toward diverse others: Considering multiple social identities

Journal of adolescence, Feb 12, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Meet Up Buddy Up: effective strategies to promote 4th grade students' intergroup prosocial behavior

Introduction: Given the changing demographics in the U.S., it has become increasingly important t... more Introduction: Given the changing demographics in the U.S., it has become increasingly important to promote prosocial behavior toward those dissimilar from oneself. This research is the first to examine the degree to which children's group-based prosocial behavior, specifically, prosocial behavior directed to othergender peers, can be promoted through simple classroom-based intervention strategies. Methods: Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) pre-and post-design with th graders from four schools in the Southwest U.S. over academic year, we examined the e ect of simultaneously implementing two strategies for promoting relationships among diverse peers, Meet Up and Buddy Up (MUBU). MU involved promoting group/classroom level peer interactions whereas BU focused on dyadic peer interactions. Results and discussion: Path analysis yielded support for our hypothesis that MUBU e ectively increased children's other-gender prosociality above and beyond baseline prosociality. The finding speaks to the utility of relationshipbuilding for enhancing children's intergroup prosocial behavior. We discussed implications for research and educational practices.

Research paper thumbnail of Family economic pressure and early adolescents' prosocial behavior: The importance of considering the types of prosocial behavior

Research paper thumbnail of White children's prosocial behavior toward White versus Black peers: The role of children's effortful control and parents' implicit racial attitudes

Research paper thumbnail of Parents Matter: Accepting Parents Have Less Anxious Gender Expansive Children

Research paper thumbnail of Gender in Education

Research paper thumbnail of Parenting and White children's prosocial behaviors toward same‐race and other‐race peers: The moderating role of targeted moral emotions

Family Relations, Mar 23, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Parents’ color-blind racial ideology and implicit racial attitudes predict children’s race-based sympathy

Journal of Family Psychology, Nov 28, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Contemporary Cognitive Approaches to Gender Development: New Schemas, New Directions, and New Conceptualizations of Gender

Springer International Publishing eBooks, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of How Coeducational Are Coeducational Classes?

Proceedings of the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting

Research paper thumbnail of Parents' valuing diversity and White children's prosociality toward White and Black peers

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Research paper thumbnail of Does the Gender of Your Friends Matter for Sexist Attitudes About Women?

Emerging Adulthood

Building upon two complimentary theoretical frameworks related to group relations (i.e., Intergro... more Building upon two complimentary theoretical frameworks related to group relations (i.e., Intergroup Contact Theory and Peer Exposure), we examined how emerging adults’ friendships with men and women were related to their hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, and sexual objectification attitudes. Participants were 212 college students ( M age = 20.20 years, SD = 2.08; 62% female; 58% White) from a large southwestern university. Results provided support for Intergroup Contact Theory and for a Peer Exposure effect, but only for men. Specifically, for men, having female friends was negatively associated with hostile sexism, and having male friends was positively related to hostile sexism; neither friendship type related to benevolent sexism. For women, no significant relations between friends and attitudes were found; this is likely due to the assessed attitudes being about women (their own group). The findings suggest a promising pathway to mitigate gender-based prejudice for men through ...

Research paper thumbnail of White children's empathy‐related responding and prosocial behavior toward White and Black children

Research paper thumbnail of Young Adults’ Intergroup Prosocial Behavior and its Associations With Social Dominance Orientation, Social Identities, Prosocial Moral Obligation, and Belongingness

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, May 14, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The Benefits of Buddies: Strategically Pairing Preschoolers with Other-Gender Classmates Promotes Positive Peer Interactions

Early Education and Development

Research paper thumbnail of Gender integration and elementary‐age students' classroom belongingness: The importance of other‐gender peers

Psychology in the Schools, Mar 28, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Gender Attitudes Measure

Research paper thumbnail of Being helpful to other‐gender peers: School‐age children's gender‐based intergroup prosocial behaviour

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Research paper thumbnail of Early Adolescents’ Gender Typicality and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Parental Acceptance

The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022

In a school sample of early adolescents, we expanded the view of gender typicality to include ado... more In a school sample of early adolescents, we expanded the view of gender typicality to include adolescents who varied in the extent of felt similarity to own- and other-gender peers, and examined how their felt own- and other-gender similarity, are related to depression. Further, we examined the moderating role of parental acceptance of gender atypicality. Participants were 504 ethnically/racially diverse sixth graders ( Mage = 11 years, SD = 0.56, 51.6% boys) and their parents. Path analyses showed that adolescents’ felt own-gender similarity, but not felt other-gender similarity, was negatively related to depression. Further, when parental acceptance was high, adolescent depression was low, even for adolescents who had cross-gender tendencies or low own-gender tendencies. Tendencies of atypicality were only related to risk for depression when parental acceptance was low. These findings support previous research that many variations of gender typicality exist, and highlighted the im...

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