Gender, Culture, and Social Support: A Male-Female, Israeli Jewish-Arab Comparison

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 571-586

  Pines, Ayala Malach ^a   Zaidman, Nurit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Culture; Gender; Israelis; Jews; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346957269     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000003128.99279.94     Document Type: Article

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