Do Young Women Expect Gender Equality in Their Future Lives? An Answer From a Possible Selves Experiment

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-93

  Fetterolf, Janell C ^a,b   Eagly, Alice H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic equality; Gender equality; Possible selves; Undergraduate women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958849994     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9981-9     Document Type: Article

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