Effects of pronoun type and gender role consistency on children's recall and interpretation of stories

Sex Roles

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 481-497

  Conkright, Lea ^b   Flannagan, Dorothy ^a   Dykes, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034288782     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007167432657     Document Type: Article

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