Does felt gender compatibility mediate influences of self-perceived gender nonconformity on early adolescents' psychosocial adjustment?

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1152-1162

  Menon, Meenakshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79960179316     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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