APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Eastern Ugandan Adolescents' Activities with Friends and Gender Preference
- Jingyi Xu
Arizona State University - Eunjung Kim
Arizona State University, Tempe - Natalie Eggum-Wilkens
Arizona State University, Tempe - Linlin Zhang
University of Toronto Mississauga - Danming An
Arizona State University
Abstract
We investigated Ugandan adolescents' gender composition of friends, and gender preference for activity partners. Adolescents most frequently reported having mostly same-gender friends and some other-gender friends. Adolescents showed preference for same-gender partners in many housekeeping, entertainment, outdoor, and interpersonal communication activities.
Adolescent