Dyad gender differences in preadolescents' creative stories

Sex Roles

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 43-60

  Strough, JoNell ^a   Diriwächter, Rainer ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034214625     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007087628278     Document Type: Article

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