The Relationships between Childhood Tomboyism, Siblings' Activities, and Adult Gender Roles

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 609-618

  Van Volkom, Michele ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sports; Gender roles; Tomboyism; Tomboys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348218054     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000003131.98867.a1     Document Type: Article

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