Gender and age patterns in emotional expression, body image, and self-esteem: A qualitative analysis

Sex Roles

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1025-1048

  Polce Lynch, Mary ^a   Myers, Barbara J ^b   Kilmartin, Christopher T ^b   Forssmann Falck, Renate ^b   Kliewer, Wendy ^b  

^a RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032355022     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018830727244     Document Type: Article

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