Gender gaps in sociopolitical attitudes: A social psychological analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 796-816

  Eagly, Alice H ^a   Johannesen Schmidt, Mary C ^b   Diekman, Amanda B ^c   Koenig, Anne M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oakton Community College   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; POLICY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 10244279244     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.796     Document Type: Article

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