Evidence for an association between gender-role identity and a measure of executive function

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-45

  Norvilitis, Jill M ^a,b   Reid, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0036485056     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.35     Document Type: Article

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