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Citation

MacEvoy JP, Asher SR. Child Dev. 2012; 83(1): 104-119.

Affiliation

Boston College Duke University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01685.x

PMID

22103441

Abstract

In this study, the prevailing view that girls are pervasively more skilled in their friendships than boys was challenged by examining whether girls respond more negatively than boys when a friend violates core friendship expectations. Fourth- and fifth-grade children (nā€ƒ=ā€ƒ267) responded to vignettes depicting transgressions involving a friend's betrayal, unreliability, or failure to provide support or help. Results indicated that girls were more troubled by the transgressions, more strongly endorsed various types of negative relationship interpretations of the friend's actions, and reported more anger and sadness than did boys. Girls also endorsed revenge goals and aggressive strategies just as much as boys. These findings lead to a more complex view of boys' and girls' friendship competencies.


Language: en

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