Gender segregated peer networks during middle childhood have been highlighted as important for explaining later sex differences in behaviour, yet few studies have examined the structural composition o

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Peer socialization of masculinity and femininity: Differential effects of overt and relational forms of peer victimization (2011) · doi

  Although peer influence has been implicated in recent theories of gender socialization, few investigations have tested whether children's gendered behaviours change over time as a function of peer experiences and whether some peer experiences may exacerbate, rather than dampen, gender non-conformity.

  Keywords: peer gender whether experiences influence implicated recent theories socialization investigations tested children gendered behaviours change
• Low social inclusion in childhood: adjustment and early predictors (2008) · doi

  Moderating effects of social competence were sparse, although peer nominated social competence buffered peer acceptance for children with high levels of aggression in the concurrent analyses and social competence boosted peer acceptance for children with low problem levels in the predictive analyses.

  Keywords: social competence peer acceptance children levels analyses moderating effects sparse nominated buffered high aggression concurrent
• Sex differences in the structure and stability of children's playground social networks and their overlap with friendship relations (2008) · doi

  Gender segregated peer networks during middle childhood have been highlighted as important for explaining later sex differences in behaviour, yet few studies have examined the structural composition of these networks and their implications.

  Keywords: networks gender segregated peer middle childhood highlighted important explaining later differences behaviour examined structural composition