Development of gender differences in children's responses to animated entertainment

Sex Roles

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 67-88

  Oliver, Mary Beth ^a   Green, Stephen ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035385098     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013012401836     Document Type: Article

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