The femininity effect: Relationship quality, sex, gender, attachment, and significant-other concepts

Personal Relationships

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-325

  Steiner Pappalardo, Nicole L ^a   Gurung, Regan A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b MAC 307 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0036348727     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6811.00022     Document Type: Review

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