Children's Perceptions of the Gender-Appropriateness of Physical Activities

Abstract

Age, sex, and regional differences were examined in the extent to which children in Grades 1 to 4 give gender-labels to physical activities. Participants were 224 girls and 196 boys from schools in Indiana and Tennessee who completed the Physical Activity Stereotyping Index. A 2 (sex) × 2 (region) × 4 (grade) analysis of variance produced significant main effects for sex and region: boys made more stereotypical gender classifications than girls, and children in the southeast more than those in the midwest. Although the interaction for grade × region was significant, post hoc analyses indicated that children in the southeast made more stereotypical responses than those in the midwest at each grade. Scores of one class and post hoc interviews of educators suggest that stereotypical gender-role perceptions may be amenable to change.

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