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Cultural Underpinnings of Gender Development: Studying Gender Among Children of Immigrants
Author(s) -
Schroeder Kingsley M.,
BámacaColbert Mayra Y.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.13265
Subject(s) - immigration , salience (neuroscience) , psychology , ethnic group , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , cognitive psychology , anthropology , archaeology , history
This article addresses the historical divide between gender development researchers and developmental researchers working with immigrant populations, advocating for the benefits gained by bridging research approaches and interests. For gender researchers, the immigrant context allows for the examination of how children embedded in multiple cultures navigate the potentially conflicting information about appropriate gendered behaviors and attitudes. Furthermore, research focusing on immigrant development can move beyond examining gender differences and benefit from understanding the ways in which gender differences develop. This bridging seems particularly relevant in middle childhood, given (a) the exposure to multiple contexts which increase the salience of cultural differences between home and outside‐of‐home environments and (b) greater awareness and internalization of collective identities (i.e., gender, ethnicity).