Hull, Laura 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8289-2158, Heuvelman, Hein, Golding, Jean ORCID: 0000-0003-2826-3307, Mandy, William ORCID: 0000-0002-3564-5808 and Rai, Dheeraj ORCID: 0000-0002-7239-3523
(2023)
Gendered play behaviours in autistic and non-autistic children: A population-based cohort study.
Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 27 (5).
pp. 1449-1460.
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Abstract
<h4>Lay abstract</h4>Non-autistic children tend to show gendered patterns of play behaviours - boys are more likely to play with 'masculine' toys, and girls are more likely to play with 'feminine' toys. However, little is known about whether autistic children follow these patterns as well. We looked at the masculinity and femininity of autistic and non-autistic children's play behaviours at multiple time points. Parents reported their children's play behaviours at ages 30, 42 and 57 months, and children reported their own play behaviours at 8 years old. We found no difference between autistic and non-autistic girls, who both showed more feminine play behaviours as they got older. Autistic boys' play behaviours were reported as less masculine than non-autistic boys at 42 and 57 months, and at 8 years old. We also found that non-autistic boys' play tended to become more masculine as they got older, but this was not the case for autistic boys. Our findings suggest that differences in autistic and non-autistic boys' play behaviours may develop at around 42 months old.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Cohort Studies, Autistic Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Male, Femininity, Masculinity, Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2024 10:25 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2024 10:27 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13623613221139373 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3180336 |
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