The relation between childhood gender nonconformity and adult masculinity-femininity and anxiety in heterosexual and homosexual men and women

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 684-693

  Lippa, Richard A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood gender nonconformity; Femininity; Gender; Gender differences; Masculinity; Personality stability; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349168629     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9476-5     Document Type: Article

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