Sex differences in the personal conceptions of intelligence: Particularities of the Portuguese cultural context

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 3 PART 1, 2002, Pages 786-788

  Faria, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PORTUGAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PORTUGAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036598470     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.90.3.786-788     Document Type: Article

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