Sex Differences in Social Cynicism Across Societies: The Role of Men's Higher Competitiveness and Male Dominance

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1152-1166

  Leung, Kwok ^a   Li, Fuli ^b   Zhou, Fan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

competitiveness; male dominance; sex differences; social cynicism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865772538     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111422259     Document Type: Article

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