Peer Processes and Gender Role Development: Changes in Gender Atypicality Related to Negative Peer Treatment and Children's Friendships

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-102

  Lee, Elizabeth A Ewing ^a   Troop Gordon, Wendy ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sex friendship; Gender atypicality; Gender socialization; Peer relationships; Same sex friendship

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650930411     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9883-2     Document Type: Article

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