Psychological androgyny and creativity: Dynamics of gender-role and personality trait

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 423-436

  Norlander, Torsten ^a   Erixon, Anna ^a   Archer, Trevor ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgynic; Creativity; Destructivity; Gender; Gender role type; Midmost; Optimism; Retrotypic; Sexuality; Stereotypic; Undifferentiated

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044518238     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2000.28.5.423     Document Type: Article

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