Analysis of the children's personal attributes questionnaire (short form) with a sample of African American adolescents

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 237-244

  Thomson, Nicole Renick ^a   Zand, Debra H ^a  

^a MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American; Gender identity; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944348563     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-1298-0     Document Type: Article

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