Cross-cultural validity of the masculine and feminine gender role stress scales

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-278

  Van Well, Sonja ^a   Kolk, Annemarie M ^a   Arrindell, Willem A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMININE GENDER ROLE STRESS; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASCULINE GENDER ROLE STRESS; MASCULINITY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 19444382681     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8403_06     Document Type: Article

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