Understanding Gender Differences in Anxiety: The Mediating Effects of Instrumentality and Mastery

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-499

  Zalta, Alyson K ^a   Chambless, Dianne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; human sex differences; instrumentality; mastery; self efficacy; socialization; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870152009     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684312450004     Document Type: Article

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