Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Predictors of Male Role Attitudes Among Mexican American Men: ¿Son Más Machos?

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Ojeda, Lizette ^a   Rosales, Rocío ^a   Good, Glenn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; college students; male roles; Mexican American men; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649132139     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1524-9220.9.3.133     Document Type: Article

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