Construct Validity of the Relationship Profile Test: Impact of Gender, Gender Role, and Gender Role Stereotype

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-113

  Bornstein, Robert F ^a   Geiselman, Kimberly J ^a   Gallagher, Heather A ^a   Ng, H Mei ^a   Hughes, Erin E ^a   Languirand, Mary A ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONALITY TEST; RELATIONSHIP PROFILE TEST; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; STEREOTYPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1642498321     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8201_15     Document Type: Review

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