Fear and fearlessness are two distinct emotional responses that can occur when a person faces a potentially dangerous situation. These responses seem to be linked to gender stereotypes (fearful female and fearless male). This study examines whether preschool children attribute fear and fearlessness stereotypically in relation to gender and whether their attributions vary as a function of age and gender. One hundred and twenty children (60 boys and 60 girls) aged 3, 4 and 5 years participated in this study. We examined children's gender-stereotypical performance through emotional scenarios and drawing tasks involving fear and fearlessness conditions. The results showed that children's performance was equally stereotypical in the two conditions. An age effect was found: children's gender stereotypical attributions increased with age. The results showed no differences in children's stereotypical performance in regards to their gender and task type (emotional scenarios and drawing tasks). The significance and implications of these findings are discussed in the context of gender-emotion stereotypes.

Sofia Kelesidou

Fotini Bonoti

Georgios Abakoumkin

Plousia Misailidi

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

The British Journal of Developmental Psychology publishes full-length, empirical, conceptual, review and discussion papers, as well as brief reports, in all of the following areas:     - motor, perceptual, cognitive, social and emotional development in infancy;   - social, emotional and personality development in childhood, adolescence and adulthood;   - cognitive and socio-cognitive development in childhood, adolescence and adulthood, including the development of language, mathematics, theory of mind, drawings, spatial cognition, biological and societal understanding;   - atypical development, including developmental disorders, learning difficulties/disabilities and sensory impairments;

The British Journal of Developmental Psychology publishes full-length empirical studies, conceptual papers, reviews, discussions, and brief reports in the following areas: - motor, perceptual, cognitive, social, and emotional development during infancy; - social, emotional, and personality development throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood; - cognitive and socio-cognitive development during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, including the development of language, mathematics, theory of mind, drawing, spatial cognition, and biological and societal understanding; - atypical development, encompassing developmental disorders, learning difficulties/disabilities, and sensory impairments.

《British Journal of Developmental Psychology》期刊发表关于以下领域的完整实证研究、概念性论文、综述和讨论文章，以及简短报告：- 婴儿期的运动、感知、认知、社会和情感发展；- 儿童、青少年和成年期的社会、情感和个性发展；- 儿童、青少年和成年期的认知和社会认知发展，包括语言、数学、心智理论、绘画、空间认知、生物和社会理解的发展；- 非典型发展，包括发展障碍、学习困难/残疾和感官障碍。

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Gender‐stereotypical attribution of fear and fearlessness in preschool children

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