Mothers' Gender-Role Attitudes and Their Responses to Young Children's Hypothetical Display of Shy and Aggressive Behaviors

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 506-517

  Kingsbury, Mila K ^a   Coplan, Robert J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Parenting; Social development; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858339305     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0120-z     Document Type: Article

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