Biological sex and psychological gender as predictors of routine and strategic relational maintenance

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 689-697

  Aylor, Brooks ^a   Dainton, Marianne ^a  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Relational maintenance; Routine; Strategic

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843101352     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000027570.80468.a0     Document Type: Review

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