아동의 성항상성과 성별 특정화 행동

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) the developmental level of children`s concept of gender by age and sex. (2) children`s sex-specific behaviors by age and sex, and (3) children`s sex-specific behaviors by developmental level of gender constancy. The subjects were 164 children (forty 3-year-olds, forty-three 5-year-olds, forty 7-year-olds and forty-one 9-year olds) with nearly equal numbers of boys and girls. They were selected from two kindergartens and one elementary school. A quasi experiment was carried out with the procedures described by Slaby and Frey (1976) to measure children`s developmental level of the concept of gender constancy. Two experiments were carried out to observe children`s sex-specific behaviors: one for children`s toy choice behavior and the other for children`s interaction with their peers. Statistical methods adopted for data analysis were frequencies. percentiles, mean. and X². It was found that children`s sex-specific behaviors were different according to their developmental level of gender constancy. Children`s developmental level of gender constancy was significantly different according to their age, but there was no difference according to their sex. Children`s toy-choice behavior was significantly different according to their age and sex. Children`s sex-specific behaviors were significantly different according to their concept of gender constancy.