Predicting Feminist Identity: Associations Between Gender-Traditional Attitudes, Feminist Stereotyping, and Ethnicity

Sex Roles

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 143-157

  Robnett, Rachael D ^a   Anderson, Kristin J ^b   Hunter, L E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Feminist identification; Path analysis; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863101627     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0170-2     Document Type: Article

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