Making commitments, creating lives: Linking women's roles and personality at midlife

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 717-738

  Vandewater, Elizabeth A ^a   Stewart, Abigail J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032264755     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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