Adolescents' opposite-sex ideal in four countries

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 531-537

  Gibbons, Judith L ^a   Richter, Randy R ^a   Wiley, Deane C ^a   Stiles, Deborah A ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030208977     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1996.9714035     Document Type: Article

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