Rigidity and flexibility of gender stereotypes in childhood: Developmental or differential?

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-381

  Trautner, Hanns M ^a   Ruble, Diane N ^b   Cyphers, Lisa ^b   Kirsten, Barbara ^a   Behrendt, Regina ^a   Hartmann, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Gender stereotypes; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844483491     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.399     Document Type: Article

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