Sex Differences in Children's Play

Sheri A. Berenbaum; Carol Lynn Martin; Laura D. Hanish; Phillip T. Briggs; Richard A. Fabes

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311587.003.0014

Sex Differences in Children's Play

Sheri A. Berenbaum, Carol Lynn Martin, Laura D. Hanish, Phillip T. Briggs, Richard A. Fabes

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Sex differences in play have led many scholars to suggest that boys and girls grow up and live in separate cultures. The differences have considerable significance for mental health, social relationships, and cognition across the life span. This chapter addresses the following questions: What are these differences? How do they come about? What do they mean for the world outside of play? What can they tell us about sex differences in other characteristics? Sex differences in childhood play are important for many reasons: they are large, they lead to sex differences in other characteristics (including cognition and adjustment), and they reflect the joint effects of biological predispositions, the social world, and children's constructions of that world.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Sex Differences in the Brain
Subtitle of host publication	From Genes to Behavior
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199865048
ISBN (Print)	9780195311587
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311587.003.0014
State	Published - Dec 4 2007

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