The contributions of the whitings to the study of the socialization of gender

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 534-545

  Best, Deborah L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Gender roles; Gender socialization; Gender stereotypes; Gender related learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954946970     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110362570     Document Type: Article

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