Family patterns of gender role attitudes

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 221-234

  Marks, Jaime L ^a   Lam, Chun Bun ^a   McHale, Susan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child effects; Family systems; Gender; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349865064     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9619-3     Document Type: Article

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