Parent-toddler play with feminine toys: Are all dolls the same?

Sex Roles

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 657-668

  Caldera, Yvonne M ^a   Sciaraffa, Mary A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032261136     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018851932580     Document Type: Article

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