Agency and Virtue: Dimensions Underlying Subgroups of Women

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 631-641

  Altermatt, T William ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^b,c   Leskinen, Emily ^b,d  

^a HANOVER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Gender role attitudes; Role expectations; Social perception and cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346327304     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000003133.90488.71     Document Type: Article

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