Gender Biases in Children's Appraisals of Injury Risk and Other Children's Risk-Taking Behaviors

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-336

  Morrongiello, Barbara A ^a   Midgett, Corina ^a   Stanton, Kerri Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age differences; Gender biases; Risk appraisal; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034365328     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2595     Document Type: Article

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