Gender role conformity and aggression: Influence of perpetrator and victim conformity on direct physical aggression in women

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Reidy, Dennis E ^a,b   Sloan, Colleen A ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Femininity; Gender role conformity; Gender role violations; Masculinity; Physical aggression; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649123219     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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