Suppressing and priming the motivation for motherhood

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 851-870

  Boucai, Liat ^a   Karniol, Rachel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BSRI; Gender role; Marital status; Motherhood; Motivation; Priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249097206     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9489-0     Document Type: Article

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