The Family Contexts of Gender Development in Childhood and Adolescence

Social Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-148

  McHale, Susan M ^a   Crouter, Ann C ^a   Whiteman, Shawn D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family processes; Family relationships; Gender development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141796718     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00225     Document Type: Review

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