A mediation model of individual differences in attitudes toward affirmative actions for women

Psychological Reports

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 764-780

  Moscoso, Silvia ^a   García Izquierdo, Antonio L ^b   Bastida, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MASCULINITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862703360     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/01.07.17.PR0.110.3.764-780     Document Type: Article

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