Parent-Toddler Play with Feminine Toys: Are All Dolls the Same?.

Caldera, Yvonne M.; Sciaraffa, Mary A.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ580874

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0360-0025

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

Parent-Toddler Play with Feminine Toys: Are All Dolls the Same?

Caldera, Yvonne M.; Sciaraffa, Mary A.

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v39 n9/10 p657-68 Nov 1998

Studies specific play behaviors of parents and toddlers when playing with baby dolls and a clown as indices of gender-role socialization by parents. The clown and dolls elicited different play behaviors from both the parents and toddlers. Same sex parent/toddler dyads engaged in different types of play from opposite-sex dyads. (MMU)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Gender Issues, Parent Child Relationship, Play, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Toddlers, Toys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A