Gender role self-concept, gender-role conflict, and well-being in male primary school teachers

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 114-127

  Wolfram, Hans Joachim ^a   Mohr, Gisela ^a   Borchert, Jenni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Psychological) well being; Gender role self concept; Gender role conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149131827     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9493-4     Document Type: Article

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