Parents' attitudes and expectations about children's cross-gender behavior

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 249-263

  Sandnabba, N Kenneth ^a   Ahlberg, Christian ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 0033068174     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018851005631     Document Type: Article

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