Sex differences in the cource of personality development: A meta-analysis

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 252-266

  Cohn, Lawrence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUATION; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026127437     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.109.2.252     Document Type: Article

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