Structural Validity of Turkish Versions of the Gender Role Conflict Scale and Male Role Norms Scale

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-287

  Lease, Suzanne H ^a   Çiftçi, Ayşe ^b   Demir, Ayhan ^c   Boyraz, Güler ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

construct validity of Gender Role Conflict Scale; construct validity of Male Role Norms Scale; cultural differences in masculinity; masculinity ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350447816     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017044     Document Type: Article

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