Relations of Masculinity Ideology, Conformity to Masculine Role Norms, and Masculine Gender Role Conflict to Men's Attitudes Toward and Willingness to Seek Career Counseling

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-333

  Graef, Stephen T ^a   Tokar, David M ^a   Kaut, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Career counseling; Conformity to masculine norms; Gender role conflict; Masculinity ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049478574     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019383     Document Type: Article

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