The attitudes toward women scale and attitude change in college students

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-34

  Spence, Janet T ^a   Hahn, Eugene D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031287404     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00098.x     Document Type: Article

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