Teaching children to confront peers' sexist remarks: Implications for theories of gender development and educational practice

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 361-382

  Lamb, Lindsay M ^a   Bigler, Rebecca S ^a   Liben, Lynn S ^b   Green, Vanessa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bullying; Gender stereotyping; Intervention; Peers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449523197     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9634-4     Document Type: Article

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