Data from the paper: Girls’ Stuff? Maternal Gender Stereotypes and Their Daughters’ Fear published in Frontiers in Psychology

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Title:	Data from the paper: Girls’ Stuff? Maternal Gender Stereotypes and Their Daughters’ Fear published in Frontiers in Psychology
Date:	21 December 2021
Creator :	Gerdes, Antje B. M., Fraunfelter, Laura-Ashley, Braband, Melissa and Alpers, Georg W.
Divisions:	School of Social Sciences > Klinische u. Biologische Psychologie u. Psychotherapie (Alpers 2010-)

DDC Classification:	150 Psychology
Keywords:	gender differences, specific phobia, fear of snakes, anxiety in children, gender stereotypes, sex differences, social learning, gender roles
Abstract:	One of the most robust findings in psychopathology is the fact that specific phobias are more prevalent in women than in men. Although there are several theoretical accounts for biological and social contributions to this gender difference, empirical data are surprisingly limited. Interestingly, there is evidence that individuals with stereotypical feminine characteristics are more fearful than those with stereotypical masculine characteristics; this is beyond biological sex. Because gender role stereotypes are reinforced by parental behavior, we aimed to examine the relationship of maternal gender stereotypes and children’s fear. Dyads of 38 mothers and their daughters (between ages 6 and 10) were included. We assessed maternal implicit and explicit gender stereotypes as well as their daughters’ self-reported general fearfulness, specific fear of snakes, and approach behavior toward a living snake. First, mothers’ fear of snakes significantly correlated with their daughters’ fear of snakes. Second, mothers’ gender stereotypes significantly correlated with their daughters’ self-reported fear. Specifically, maternal implicit gender stereotypes were associated with daughters’ fear of snakes and fear ratings in response to the snake. Moreover, in children, self-reported fear correlated with avoidance of the fear-relevant animal. Together, these results provide first evidence for a potential role of parental gender stereotypes in the development and maintenance of fear in their offspring.

URI:	https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/id/eprint/388
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.7801/388
Availability (Controlled):	Delivery
Availability:	available on request
Publication(s) (MADOC) :	Gerdes, Antje B. M. und Fraunfelter, Laura-Ashley und Braband, Melissa und Alpers, Georg W. (2022), Girls' stuff? Maternal gender stereotypes and their daughters' fear
DOI (External):	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.741348

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Depositing User:	Georg Alpers
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2022 09:20
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2022 07:58

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