The impact of parenting experience on gender stereotyped toy play of children

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 39-49

  Wood, Eileen ^a   Desmarais, Serge ^b   Gugula, Sara ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender role socialization; gender stere otypes; toy play

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036405083     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020679619728     Document Type: Article

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