The effects of nongender-role stereotyped, same-sex role models in storybooks on the self-esteem of children in grade three

Sex Roles

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 711-735

  Ochman, Jan M ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Inver Hills Community College   (United States)

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EID: 0030343470     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01544088     Document Type: Article

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