Perceptions of childfree women: The role of perceivers' and targets' ethnicity

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 426-432

  Vinson, Candice ^a   Mollen, Debra ^a   Smith, Nathan Grant ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childfree; Ethnicity; Gender; Perceptions; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650448091     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1049     Document Type: Article

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