Gender schema and social judgments: A developmental study of children from Hong Kong

Sex Roles

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 19-42

  Lobel, Thalma E ^a   Bar David, Eva ^a   Gruber, Reut ^a   Lau, Sing ^b   Bar Tal, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0034214624     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007035611440     Document Type: Article

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