The Role of Brothers and Sisters in the Gender Development of Preschool Children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 292-303

  Rust, John ^a   Golombok, Susan ^b   Hines, Melissa ^b   Johnston, Katie ^b   Golding, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brothers; Gender development; Sex role; Sex typing; Siblings; Sisters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034368560     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2596     Document Type: Article

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