The influences of sex and gender-role identity on moral cognition and prosocial personality traits

Sex Roles

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 295-309

  Skoe, Eva E A ^a   Cumberland, Amanda ^b   Eisenberg, Nancy ^b   Hansen, Kristine ^c   Perry, Judi ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

gender roles; moral orientation; prosocial personality; sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036391548     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020224512888     Document Type: Article

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