Are women perceived as engaging in more maladaptive worry than men? A status interpretation

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Conway, Michael ^a   Wood, Wendy Jo ^a   Dugas, Michel ^a   Pushkar, Dolores ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Status; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038150761     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023901417591     Document Type: Article

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