Changes in students' explanations for gender differences after taking a psychology of women class: More constructionist and less essentialist

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-425

  Yoder, Janice D ^a   Fischer, Ann R ^b   Kahn, Arnold S ^c   Groden, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36448940527     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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