Gender reality on multi-domains of school-age children in Taiwan: A developmental approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Chen, Hsinyi ^a   Chen, Mei Fang ^a   Chang, Te Sheng ^b   Lee, Yuan Shun ^c   Chen, Hsin Ping ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 73749087414     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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