When another stumbles: Gender and self-presentation to vulnerable others

Sex Roles

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 889-913

  Heatherington, Laurie ^a   Burns, Andrea B ^b   Gustafson, Timothy B ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032360147     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018866307680     Document Type: Article

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