Adolescents' attitudes toward gender roles and women's empowerment in Oman

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 805-818

  Bint Ahmad Jaffer, Y ^a   Afifi, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OMAN; PARENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33646177836     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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