Children's construction of fantasy stories: Gender differences in conflict resolution strategies

Remembering and Understanding: The Effects of Changes in Underlying Knowledge on Children's Recollections

“…In addition, the results indicated gender differences in the proportions of positively reported behaviors. Given that the literature on gender differences in social behavior suggests that girls place more emphasis on interpersonal synchrony than boys (e.g., Charlesworth & Dzur, 1987;Maccoby, 1988;Pierce & Edwards, 1988), it is possible that genderrelated differences in attention to and interest in prosocial behaviors resulted in variations in Positive Recall. Although these linkages between children's recall and their personal characteristics were not anticipated, they are consistent with the constructivist emphasis on the holistic nature of the cognitive processing system (e.g., Kuhn, 1991).…”

What is on our children’s minds? An analysis of children’s writings as reflections of group‐specific socialisation practices

“…Stories written by girls mostly refer to experiences they share with their peers or to relationships, whereas stories written by boys are more about adventures or sports (Fleming 1995). Peirce and Edwards (1988) found that children's stories revealed that boys and girls choose very different conflict resolution strategies. These findings could be explained by differential socialisation practices.…”