Gender differences in interdependent self-construals: It's not the type of group, it's the way you see it

Self and Identity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-417

  Foels, Rob ^a   Tomcho, Thomas J ^b  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive representations; Gender differences; Interdependence; Self construal

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249096965     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860802391470     Document Type: Article

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