Doing gender differently-The interplay of strength of gender identification and content of gender identity in predicting women's endorsement of sexist beliefsy

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-508

  Becker, Julia C ^a   Wagner, Ulrich ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 67650215626     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.551     Document Type: Article

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