Testing a model of socially desirable and undesirable gender-role attributes

Sex Roles

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 665-685

  Korabik, Karen ^a,b   McCreary, Donald R ^a,b  

^a Clinical Research and Development Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 0034310403     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007104624752     Document Type: Article

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