Sex Differences in Interpersonal Problems: A Circumplex Analysis

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-527

  Gurtman, Michael B ^a   Lee, Debbiesiu L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

interpersonal problems; Inventory of Interpersonal Problems; personality; sex differences; structural summary method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL CIRCUMPLEX MODEL; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; INVENTORY OF INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS; MALE; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL SUMMARY METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549119379     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017085     Document Type: Article

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