Are there "his" and "hers" types of interdependence? The implications of gender differences in collective versus relational interdependence for affect, behavior, and cognition

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 642-655

  Gabriel, Shira ^a   Gardner, Wendi L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033238165     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.3.642     Document Type: Article

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