Twenty-five years after the Bem Sex-Role Inventory: A reassessment and new issues regarding classification variability

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-55

  Hoffman, Rose Marie ^a   DiAnne Borders, L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039255618     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2001.12069021     Document Type: Article

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