The adolescent masculinity ideology in relationships scale: Development and validation of a new measure for boys

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-115

  Chu, Judy Y ^a   Porche, Michelle V ^a   Tolman, Deborah L ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Boys; Development; Gender roles; Masculinity; Relationships; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644464916     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X03257453     Document Type: Article

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