A Time of Great Change: How Parents, Friends, and Classmates Shape Adolescents' Attitudes towards the Gender Division of Labor.

ABSTRACT: Parents are crucial in the construction of their children's attitudes towards the gender division of labor. However, little is known about the extent to which parents' influences on their children's attitudes weaken in favor of peers during adolescence. This study explores how gender beliefs of parents, friends, and classmates shape adolescents' attitudes towards the gender division of labor in Sweden, Germany, England, and the Netherlands. It extends previous research which predominantly examined parent-child transmission. The analysis draws on 4645 children (at wave 1: M_age = 14.9, SD_age = 0.67, females = 50%) of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries. Regression analyses of within-person changes in attitudes show that adolescents

SUBMITTER: Sanchez Guerrero L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10328873 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature