Attitudes towards women: A study of gender and academic domain differences in a sample of Turkish university students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 467-486

  Öngen, Demet ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic domain; Adolescents; Attitudes; Gender; Sex roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745631551     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.5.467     Document Type: Article

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