Masculinity ideology, male identity, and romantic relationship quality among heterosexual and gay men

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 775-786

  Wade, Jay C ^a   Donis, Eric ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; Male identity; Masculinity ideology; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448968325     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9303-4     Document Type: Article

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