Gender roles and empathic accuracy: The role of communion in reading minds

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 387-398

  Laurent, Sean M ^a   Hodges, Sara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communion; Empathic accuracy; Empathy; Gender roles; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049085353     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9544-x     Document Type: Article

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