Ninety-nine "tomboys" and "non-tomboys": behavioral contrasts and demographic similarities.
Two samples of female children with diverse patterns of sex-typed behaviors are described. Fifty traditionally sex-typed and 49 nontraditionally sex-typed girls are contrasted. Their age range is 4-12 years. They are widely divergent on sex-typed preferred toys, gender of peer group, participation in sports, roles taken in playing house, and stated wish to be a boy. Their parents do not differ on age, marital status, religion, or number of children. These descriptions provide the baseline for a forthcoming series of papers describing the development of these divergent patterns of sex-typed behaviors and the association of these early patterns with later psychosexual and psychosocial attributes.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010379:Peer Group; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012801:Sibling Relations