When Friends Disappoint: Boys' and Girls' Responses to Transgressions of Friendship Expectations

In this study, the prevailing view that girls are pervasively more skilled in their friendships than boys was challenged by examining whether girls respond more negatively than boys when a friend violates core friendship expectations. Fourth-and fifth-grade children (n = 267) responded to vignettes...

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Published in:	Child development 2012-01, Vol.83 (1), p.104-119
Main Authors:	MacEvoy, Julie Paquette, Asher, Steven R.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adaptation, Psychological Aggression Aggression - psychology Anger Attitudes Betrayal Biological and medical sciences Child Child development Child psychology Children Deception Developmental psychology Elementary School Students Emotional expression Emotions EMPIRICAL ARTICLES Expectation Expectations Female Friends Friends - psychology Friendship Friendships Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender Differences Gender differentiation Gender Identity Grade 4 Grade 5 Human aggression Humans Internal-External Control Interpersonal Competence Interpersonal relations Interpersonal Relationship Male Peer Group Psychological Patterns Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Regression analysis Reliability Revenge Sadness Social Behavior Social sciences Social support Transgression Trust Vignettes
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