Jones Randall M, Taylor Denise E, Dick Andrew J, Singh Archana, Cook Jerry L
College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University, USA.
Adolescence. 2007 Fall;42(167):539-53.
This investigation examined gender differences in niche-building preference and activity among 238 8th and 9th grade boys and girls. A questionnaire was developed to measure both the actual and preferred bedroom content, bedroom design activity, and the level of perceived influence by the immediate and extended family, friends, and social institutions. Gender differences were identified for preference, activity, and influence in bedroom design and decoration. Girls and boys differed in the type of items contained in their bedrooms. Girls' rooms contained stuffed animals and pictures of people, including themselves, more frequently than the boys' rooms. In contrast, boys' rooms contained sports-related items, and things for building or that they had built themselves. Although bedroom design activity for both boys and girls was influenced by older teens, friends, media, and popular culture, boys (but not girls) were also influenced by their mothers, fathers, girlfriends, and activities such as sports, Boy or Girl Scouts, and music lessons.
本调查研究了238名八年级和九年级男孩和女孩在生态位构建偏好和活动方面的性别差异。设计了一份问卷，用于测量实际和偏好的卧室物品、卧室设计活动，以及直系和大家庭、朋友及社会机构的感知影响程度。在卧室设计和装饰的偏好、活动及影响方面发现了性别差异。男孩和女孩卧室里的物品类型有所不同。女孩的房间比男孩的房间更常摆放填充动物玩具和人物照片，包括她们自己的照片。相比之下，男孩的房间里有与体育相关的物品，以及用于建造或他们自己建造的东西。虽然男孩和女孩的卧室设计活动都受到年长青少年、朋友、媒体和流行文化的影响，但男孩（而非女孩）还受到他们的母亲、父亲、女朋友，以及体育、童子军和音乐课等活动的影响。
