A contextual examination of gender role conflict among college football players

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-323

  Steinfeldt, Jesse A ^a   Wong, Y Joel ^a   Hagan, Aleska R ^a   Hoag, Jacquelyn M ^a   Steinfeldt, Matthew C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual masculinity; Intercollegiate sports; Life satisfaction; Masculinity socialization; Mixed method studies; Student athletes

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455219162     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023722     Document Type: Article

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