Sex differences in personality traits and gender-related occupational preferences across 53 nations: Testing evolutionary and social-environmental theories

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 619-636

  Lippa, Richard A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BBC Internet study; Big Five traits; Culture; Gender roles; Gender related interests; Personality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77952098268     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9380-7     Document Type: Article

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