“In the Eye of the Beholder” : Sex Bias in Observations and Ratings of Children’s Aggression
: Sex Bias in Observations and Ratings of Children’s Aggression
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E-Artikel
Titel:
“In the Eye of the Beholder” : Sex Bias in Observations and Ratings of Children’s Aggression
:
Sex Bias in Observations and Ratings of Children’s Aggression
Beteiligte:
Pellegrini, Anthony D.
Erschienen:
American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2011
Beschreibung:
<jats:p> The processes by which children are classified as aggressive have important educational and research implications. For example, aggression in childhood reliably predicts dropping out of school and incarceration. The author argues that the sex-role stereotypicality of aggression produces bias in both observers and raters of student behavior. The tendency is to overattribute aggression to boys, relative to girls, resulting in questionable validity of assessments. The author reviews these issues, proffers some explanations (e.g., gender schema theory), and makes policy recommendations (e.g., foregrounding the importance of social competence as an educational outcome). </jats:p>