CAMPBELL LEAPER
Professor of Psychology 
University of California, Santa Cruz

PUBLICATIONS

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RESEARCH AREAS:
   Parent-Child Relationships
   Peers, Friendship, and Romantic Relationships
   Schools and Achievement
   Self-Concept, Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Schemas
   Language Development and Language Disorders

 

Parent-Child Relationships

 
           Friedman, C.K., Leaper, C., & Bigler, R.S. (2007). Do mothers' gender attitudes or gender-stereotyped comments predict young children's gender beliefs? Parenting: Science and Practice, 7, 357-366.
            Leaper, C., & Bigler, R. S. (2004).  Gendered language and sexist thought:  Commentary.  Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 69(2), 128-142.

            Sabattini, L., & Leaper, C. (2004).  The relation between mothers' and fathers' parenting styles and their division of labor in the home:  Young adults' retrospective reports.  Sex Roles, 50, 217-224. 

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (2003). Parent-child conversations about science: The socialization of gender inequities? Developmental Psychology, 39, 34-47.

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (2002. Are parents' gender schemas related to their children's gender-related cognitions?:  A meta analysis.  Developmental Psychology, 38, 615-630.

            Leaper, C. (2002).  Parenting girls and boys.  In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting, Vol. 1: Children and parenting (2nd ed., pp. 127-152).  Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum.

            Leaper, C. (2000). Gender, affiliation, assertion, and the interactive context of parent-child play. Developmental Psychology, 36, 381-393.

            Leaper, C. (2000). The social construction and socialization of gender. In P. H. Miller & E. K. Scholnick (Eds.), Toward a feminist developmental psychologyNew York: Routledge. (pp. 127-152).

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (1998). Gender effects on Mexican-descent parents' questions and scaffolding during toy play: A sequential analysis. First Language, 18, 129-147.

            Leaper, C., Anderson, K. J., & Sanders, P. (1998). Moderators of gender effects on parents' talk to their children: A meta-analysis. Developmental Psychology, 34, 3-27.

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (1997). Mexican-American mothers' and fathers' cognitive demand of their preschool child: Effects of gender, parent attitudes, and play setting. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 19,, 318-332.

            Leaper, C., & Gleason, J. B. (1996). The relation of gender and play activity to parent and child communication. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 19, 689-703.

            Leaper, C., & Valin, D. (1996). Predictors of Mexican American mothers' and fathers' attitudes toward gender equality. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 18, 343-355.

            Leaper, C., Leve, L., Strasser, T., & Schwartz, R. (1995). Mother-child communication sequences: Play activity, child gender, and marital status effects. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 41, 307-327.

            Leaper, C., Hauser, S. T., Kremen, A., Powers, S. I., Jacobson, A. M., Noam, G. G., Weiss-Perry, B., & Follansbee, D. (1989). Adolescent-parent interactions in relation to adolescents' gender and ego development pathway: A longitudinal study. Journal of Early Adolescence, 9, 335-361.

 

Peers, Friendship, and Romantic Relationships

 

           Leaper, C., & Ayres, M.. (2007).  A meta-analytic review of moderators of gender differences in adults' talkativeness, affiliative, and assertive speech.  Personality & Social Psychology Review, 11, 328-363.
           Daniels, E., & Leaper, C. (2006). A longitudinal investigation of sport participation, peer acceptance, and self-esteem among adolescent boys and girls. Sex Roles, 55, 875-880.   
           Smith, T. E., & Leaper, C. (2006). Self-perceived gender typicality and the peer context during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 91-104.
           Leaper, C., & Smith, T. E. (2004).  A meta-analytic review of gender variations in children's talk:  Talkativeness, affiliative speech, and assertive speech.  Developmental Psychology, 40, 993-1027. 

            Leaper, C. (2000). The social construction and socialization of gender. In P. H. Miller & E. K. Scholnick (Eds.), Toward a feminist developmental psychologyNew York: Routledge. (pp. 127-152).

            Leaper, C., Tenenbaum, H. R., & Shaffer, T. G. (1999). Gender effects on the communication strategies of African-American children from low-income, urban backgrounds. Child Development, 70, 1489-1503.

            Anderson, K. J., & Leaper, C. (1998).  Emotion talk between same- and cross-gender friends: Form and function.  Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 17, 421-450.

            Anderson, K. J., & Leaper, C. (1998).  A meta-analysis of gender effects on conversational interruptions: Who, what, where, when, and how.  Sex Roles, 39, 225-252.

            Leaper, C. (1998).  Decision-making processes between friends during a problem-solving task: Speaker and partner gender effects. Sex Roles, 39,125-133.

            Leaper, C., & Anderson, K. J. (1997). Gender development and heterosexual romantic relationships during adolescence. In W. Damon (Series Ed.) & S. Shulman & W. A. Collins (Issue Eds.), New Directions in Child Development: Romantic Relationships in Adolescence (No. 78, pp. 85-103). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

            Leaper, C., Carson, M., Baker, C., Holliday, H., Myers, S. B. (1995). Self-disclosure and listener verbal support in same-gender and cross-gender friends' conversations. Sex Roles, 33, 387-404.

            Leaper, C., & Holliday, H. (1995). Gossip processes during same-gender and cross-gender friends' conversations. Personal Relationships, 2, 237-246.

            Leaper, C. (Ed.) (1994). Childhood gender segregation: Causes and consequences (New Directions for Child Development, No. 65). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

            Leaper, C. (1991). Influence and involvement in children's discourse: Age, gender, and partner effects. Child Development, 62, 797-811.

            Leaper, C. (1987). Agency, communion, and gender as predictors of communication style and being liked in adult male-female dyads. Sex Roles, 16, 137-149.

 

Schools and Achievement

 

            Leaper, C., & Brown, C.S. (2008). Perceived experiences with feminism among adolescent girls. Child Development, in press.
            Daniels, E., & Leaper, C. (2006). A longitudinal investigation of sport participation, peer acceptance, and self-esteem among adolescent boys and girls. Sex Roles, 55, 875-880.  
            Daniels, E., Sincharoen, S., & Leaper, C. (2005). The relation between sport motives and athletic identity among adolescent girl and boy athletes. Journal of Sport Behavior, 28, 315-333.
            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (2003). Parent-child conversations about science: The socialization of gender inequities? Developmental Psychology, 39, 34-47.

            Leaper, C. (2000). The social construction and socialization of gender. In P. H. Miller & E. K. Scholnick (Eds.), Towards a feminist developmental psychologyNew York: Routledge. (pp. 127-152).

            Leaper, C. (1995). Constructing representations of gender in the classroom [Review of Gender Identities and Education: The Impact of Starting School]. American Journal of Psychology, 108, 300-304.

 

Self-Concept, Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Schemas


           Leaper, C., & Brown, C.S. (2008). Perceived experiences with feminism among adolescent girls. Child Development, in press.
           Daniels, E., & Leaper, C. (2006). A longitudinal investigation of sport participation, peer acceptance, and self-esteem among adolescent boys and girls. Sex Roles, 55, 875-880.

           Smith, T. E., & Leaper, C. (2006). Self-perceived gender typicality and the peer context during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 91-104.
           Daniels, E., Sincharoen, S., & Leaper, C. (2005). The relation between sport motives and athletic identity among adolescent girl and boy athletes. Journal of Sport Behavior, 28, 315-333.
           Leaper, C., Breed, L., Hoffman, L., & Perlman, C. A. (2002).  Variations in the gender-stereotyped content of children’s television cartoons across genres.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1653-1662.   

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (2002). Are parents' gender schemas related to their children's gender-related cognitions?:  A meta analysis.  Developmental Psychology, 38, 615-630.

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (1997). Mexican-American mothers' and fathers' cognitive demand of their preschool child: Effects of gender, parent attitudes, and play setting. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 19, 318-332.

            Leaper, C., & Valin, D. (1996). Predictors of Mexican American mothers' and fathers' attitudes toward gender equality. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 18, 343-355.

            Leaper, C. (1995). The use of "masculine" and "feminine" to describe women's and men's behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 135, 359-369.

            Leaper, C. (1987). Agency, communion, and gender as predictors of communication style and being liked in adult male-female dyads. Sex Roles, 16, 137-149.

 

Language Development and Language Disorders

 
           Leaper, C., & Bigler, R. S. (2004).  Gendered language and sexist thought:  Commentary.  Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 69  (2).

            Leaper, C., & Smith, T. E. (2004).  A meta-analytic review of gender variations in children's talk:  Talkativeness, affiliative speech, and assertive speech.  Developmental Psychology, 40, 993-1027. 

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (1998). Gender effects on Mexican-descent parents' questions and scaffolding during toy play: A sequential analysis. First Language, 18, 129-147.
            Leaper, C., Anderson, K. J., & Sanders, P. (1998). Moderators of gender effects on parents' talk to their children: A meta-analysis. Developmental Psychology, 34, 3-27.

            Tenenbaum, H. R., & Leaper, C. (1997). Mexican-American mothers' and fathers' cognitive demand of their preschool child: Effects of gender, parent attitudes, and play setting. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 19, 318-332.

            Gaines, R.; Leaper, C.; Monahan, C.; & Weickgenant, A. (1988). Language learning and retention in young language disordered children. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 18, 281-296.

            Naeser, M.A.; Mazurski, P.; Goodglass, H.; Peraino, M.; Laughlin, S.; & Leaper, C. (1987). Auditory syntactic comprehension in nine aphasia groups (with CT scans) and children: differences in degree but not order of difficulty observed. Cortex, 23, 359-380.

            Leaper, C., & Emmorey, K. (1985). The discourse of thought-disordered schizophrenic children. Brain & Language, 25, 72-86.

            Greenfield, P.M.; Reilly, J.; Leaper, C.; & Baker, N. (1985). The structural and functional status of single-word utterances and their relationship to early one-word speech. In M. Barrett (Ed.), Children's single-word speech. London: Wiley.

 

 


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