Gender Role Self-Concept and Gender-Typed Communication Behavior in Mixed-Sex and Same-Sex Dyads

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 37-52

  Athenstaedt, Ursula ^a   Haas, Elisabeth ^a   Schwab, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Communication behavior; Gender role attitudes; Gender role self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344509361     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000011071.68830.48     Document Type: Article

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