title: Gender intensification of peer socialization during puberty.
abstract: Gender differences are a provocative subject with good reason: they are implicated as contributors to important societal problems. Gender differences in math achievement contribute to limited career options for women (Center for Early Adolescence, 1984; Stipp, 1992), which may in turn affect their economic self-sufficiency. Gender differences in social norms about competition and closeness contribute to power and communication problems in female-male relationships, with consequences for family stability and domestic violence (Leaper, 1994). Understanding the origins of gender differences, therefore, has important societal implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pettitt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002321:Career Choice; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D010379:Peer Group; D011627:Puberty / Q000523:psychology*; D012951:Socialization; D013240:Stereotyping