Kindergarten children's gender-role expectations for television actors

Sex Roles

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 387-402

  Durkin, Kevin ^a   Nugent, Bradley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032394094     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018705805012     Document Type: Article

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