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Direct linkLeaper, Campbell; Smith, Tara E. – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Three sets of meta-analyses examined gender effects on children's language use. Each set of analyses considered an aspect of speech that is considered to be gender typed: talkativeness, affiliative speech, and assertive speech. Statistically significant average effect sizes were obtained with all three language constructs. On average, girls were…
Descriptors: Language Use, Effect Size, Gender Differences, Meta Analysis
