Parents of girls often worry more because of the simple fact that it's riskier for girls to
run than for boys — more harm can come to them.
Girls can be reluctant to push themselves forward and criticism can undermine a girl's confidence to a greater
degree than for boys.
Research shows that the socio - economic gap in science for clever girls in England equates to three years of schooling - eight months
greater than that for boys.
I think creating one for a girl is far
easier than for a boy, girls like little nicnacs, whereas boys have costlier tastes!
Effects were larger for girls in the 8th
grade than for boys, and few benefits were observed for reading (not surprising, since reading scores have hit a flat, dusty plateau nationally).
Nowadays it is more likely that girls will be allowed to dress in boys»
clothes than for boys to dress in girls» clothes.
This relationship was stronger for girls
than for boys in presence of clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms, but did not differ between the genders in the case of subthreshold levels of depressive symptoms.
The results suggest that mothers and fathers show higher agreement for girls» relational
aggression than for boys» and that the presence of gender differences depends on the method of measurement.
Flower girls and ring bearers can find formal wear here too, though there's more of a selection for
girls than for boys.
Among directly comparable sports (soccer, basketball, baseball / softball), the severe injury rate was higher for girls (0.29 per 1,000 exposures)
than for boys (0.23), with virtually all of the difference resulting from a much higher severe injury for girls» basketball (0.34) versus boys» basketball (0.24);
The socio - economic gap in science for bright girls in England is equivalent to three years of schooling, eight months greater
than that for boys, while for reading the three year gap is nine months greater than that for boys.
At every grade level, English Language Arts results are stronger for girls
than for boys.
School - related problems such as academic failure, low educational aspirations, negative labeling, and trouble at school are key risk factors for gang joining among girls, and these may be more influential for
them than for boys (Peterson, 2012; Thornberry, et al., 2003).
As irritability is more frequently reported in depressed girls than in boys, we expected to find a stronger relationship for girls
than for boys.
We examined whether — with progressing pubertal development — a stronger increase in body dissatisfaction could still be found for girls
than for boys.
Similarly, levels of pathological gaming were lower for girls (M = 1.52, SD =.59)
than for boys (M = 1.85, SD =.47), t (536) = 6.18, p <.001.
Similarly, across waves, time spent on violent games was much lower for girls (M =.78, SD = 3.6)
than for boys (M = 8.75, SD = 9.33), t (536) = 10.40, p <.001.
The discrepancies between parent reports and youth self - reports were greater, especially for internalizing symptoms, for girls
than for boys.