Family context and gender role socialization in middle childhood: Comparing girls to boys and sisters to brothers

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 990-1004

  McHale, Susan M ^a   Crouter, Ann C ^b   Tucker, Corinna J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0033160733     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00072     Document Type: Article

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