The Chinese gender role stress scales: Factor structure and predictive validity

Behavior Modification

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-337

  Tang, Catherine So Kum ^a,b   Lau, Bill Hon Biu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; RATING SCALE; SEX ROLE; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0029903256     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01454455960203005     Document Type: Article

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