Gender subgroup self-categorization and gender role self-concept

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 266-278

  Athenstaedt, Ursula ^a   Heinzle, Cornelia ^a   Lerchbaumer, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gender role self concept; Gender subgroups; Subgroup self categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349183081     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9288-z     Document Type: Article

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