Male, female and transgender: Stereotypes and self in Thailand

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Winter, Sam ^a   Udomsak, Nuttawut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender trait stereotypes; Personality traits; Self concept; Thailand; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPY; THAILAND; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 3342952892     PISSN: 14344599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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