Gendered views of ability in parents' perceptions of their children's academic competencies

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Räty, Hannu ^a   Kasanen, Kati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptions of intelligence; Gender stereotypes; Parental perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846813421     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9153-5     Document Type: Article

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