Assigning a name to a child: Gender differences in two overlapping generations

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-142

  Otta, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0346507160     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989709601958     Document Type: Article

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