Communal responsiveness in relationships with female versus male family members

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 176-188

  Monin, Joan K ^a   Clark, Margaret S ^b   Lemay, Edward P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal responsiveness; Family relationships; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249089419     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9420-8     Document Type: Article

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