Predicting gender role ideology among husbands and wives in Israel: A comparative analysis

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 575-587

  Kulik, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender role ideology; Self esteem; Spousal congruence; Tolerance for ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744265251     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-004-5467-3     Document Type: Article

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