Gender differences in adolescents’ written texts
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2018/09/0003/000336Keywords:
Gender differences, lexical abilities, written texts, adolescenceAbstract
The aim of this study was to compare adolescents’ lexical abilities in relation to their gender, while examining the differences across their ages as well. The study compared lexical abilities in written narrative and non-narrative texts of three hundred typically developing adolescents. The results showed performance differences between female and male participants, with a tendency toward an advantage for females over males due to higher persistence and systematic effort levels on the part of the females.
References
Andreou, G. 2012. Language: Theoretical and Methodological Approach. (3rd ed.). Athens: Pedio Publications.
Berman, R.A. 2008. The psycholinguistics of developing text construction. Journal of Child Language, 35(4), 735-771.
Berman, R.A., & Nir-Sagiv, B. 2007. Comparing narrative and expository text construction across adolescence: A developmental paradox. Discourse Processes, 43(2), 79-120.
Berninger, V.W., Nielsen, K.H., Abbott, R.D., Wijsman, E., & Raskind, W. 2008. Gender differences in severity of writing and reading disabilities. Journal of School Psychology, 46(2), 151–172.
Georgakopoulou, A., & Goutsos, D. 1999. Text and Communication. Athens: Ellinika Grammata.
Nippold, M.A. 2007. Later Language Development: School-Age Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. (3rd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
Nippold, M.A., Hegel, S.L., Sohlberg, M.M., & Schwarz, I.E. 1999. Defining abstract entities: Development in pre-adolescents, adolescents, and young adults. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42(2), 473-481.
Voyer, D., & Voyer, S.D. 2014. Gender differences in scholastic achievement: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 140(4), 1174-1204.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Georgia Andreou, Maria Liakou, Fotini Anastassiou, Vassiliki Tsela (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
