An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Womanist Identity Attitudes Scale

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 253-266

  Moradi, Bonnie ^a,d   Yoder, Janice D ^b   Berendsen, Lynne L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Psychometrics; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642346735     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000015556.26966.30     Document Type: Review

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