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Peer reviewedRichardson, John G.; Simpson, Carl H. – Child Development, 1982
Focusing on those elements of children's preferences which link gender to social structure, the present study analyzes children's letters to Santa Claus. Findings show boys' and girls' requests to be similar when aspects of the child's world are measured and quite different when qualities representing the adult social order are measured.…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Content Analysis, Sex Differences
