Gender consistency and flexibility: Using dynamics to understand the relation between gender and adjustment

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-184

  DiDonato, Matthew D ^a   Martin, Carol L ^a   Hessler, Eric E ^b   Amazeen, Polemnia G ^a   Hanish, Laura D ^a   Fabes, Richard A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Dynamical systems; Gender flexibility; Gender typicality

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84865372976     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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