Do mothers' gender-related attitudes or comments predict young children's gender beliefs?

Parenting

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-366

  Friedman, Carly Kay ^a   Leaper, Campbell ^a   Bigler, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 41549137455     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295190701665656     Document Type: Article

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