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Differential play patterns of mothers and fathers of sons and daughters: implications for children’s gender role development

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This investigation was supported by grants to the second and third authors from the National Institute of Mental Health (MH49869) and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (10-004). The authors would like to thank Mellisa Clawson, Deborah Moffett, Glyn E. Brown, and Liesl Reiners for their help in various phases of data collection and coding. We are grateful to the children, parents, and teachers of the Auburn University Child Study Center for their time and participation

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Lindsey, E.W., Mize, J. & Pettit, G.S. Differential play patterns of mothers and fathers of sons and daughters: implications for children’s gender role development. Sex Roles 37, 643–661 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02936333

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