Underwood Marion K, Rosen Lisa H
The University of Texas at Dallas.
Psychol Women Q. 2009 Jan 28;33(1):16. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.01468.x.
This paper examines how girls' and boys' different peer cultures in middle childhood may set the stage for challenges in emerging heterosexual romantic relationships in adolescence. Two theoretical frameworks are presented for understanding gender differences in children's same-gender friendships and peer groups in middle childhood: the two cultures perspective (Maccoby, 1998) and the emotional tradeoffs perspective (Rose & Rudolph, 2006). Emerging empirical evidence is presented to highlight how girls' and boys' gendered friendship qualities may relate to difficulties when girls and boys come together in early romantic relationships. Preliminary longitudinal data are presented that suggest that girls' relational and boys' physical aggression toward same-gender peers in middle childhood may relate to having emotionally intense arguments in early adolescence. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.
本文探讨了童年中期女孩和男孩不同的同伴文化如何为青少年期异性浪漫关系中的挑战埋下伏笔。文中提出了两个理论框架，用于理解童年中期儿童同性友谊和同伴群体中的性别差异：两种文化视角（麦科比，1998年）和情感权衡视角（罗斯和鲁道夫，2006年）。文中呈现了新出现的实证证据，以突出女孩和男孩具有性别特征的友谊特质在早期浪漫关系中相遇时可能如何与困难相关联。文中还展示了初步的纵向数据，这些数据表明，童年中期女孩对同性同伴的关系攻击行为以及男孩对同性同伴的身体攻击行为可能与青春期早期激烈的情感争吵有关。文中讨论了预防和干预的意义。
