Gender role orientation of athletes and nonathletes in a Patriarchal Society: A study in Turkey

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 217-225

  Koca, Canan ^a   Aşçi, F Hülya ^a   Kirazcr, Sadettin ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gender; Gender role orientation; Sport participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944381049     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-1296-2     Document Type: Article

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