EJ537064
UD519824
Title: Children's Perceptions of Gender Differences in Social Approval
for Playing Electronic Games.Author(s): Funk, Jeanne B.; Buchman, Debra D.
Source: Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v35 n3-4 p219-31 Aug 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0360-0025
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1997
Children's
views of social approval for electronic game playing were studied
with 364 fourth and fifth graders, 203 of whom were female. Many
children endorsed statements indicating that social approval for
game playing is consistent with common gender stereotypes. The greatest
differences in perceived approval were found for "fighting
games." (SLD)
Descriptors: Aggression; *Children; Elementary Education; *Elementary
School Students; Grade 4; Grade 5; Play; *Sex Differences; Sex Stereotypes;
*Social Attitudes; Student Attitudes
Identifiers: *Electronic Games
