Gender Differences in Emotional Language in Children's Picture Books.

Tepper, Clary A.; Cassidy, Kimberly Wright

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ERIC Number: EJ589003

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Publication Date: 1999

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Gender Differences in Emotional Language in Children's Picture Books.

Tepper, Clary A.; Cassidy, Kimberly Wright

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v40 n3-4 p265-80 Feb 1999

Examined gender differences in emotional language in children's picture books, using 178 books read to or by preschool children. Males had higher representations on titles, pictures, and central roles, but males and females were associated with equal amounts of emotional language and similar types of emotional words. (SLD)

Descriptors: Emotional Response, Language Patterns, Picture Books, Preschool Children, Sex Differences, Written Language

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Language: English

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