Higher Levels of Masculine Gender Role Stress in Masculine than in Feminine Nations: A Thirteen-Nations Study

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-67

  Arrindell, W A ^a,c   van Well, Sonja ^b   Kolk, Annemarie M ^b   Barelds, Dick P H ^c   Oei, Tian P S ^d   Lau, Pui Yi ^e   Aguilar, G ^c   Bages N ^c   Barelds, D P H ^c   Bentall, R ^c   Bouvard, M ^c   Bridges, K R ^c   Buchanan, A ^c   Caballo, V E ^c   Calvo, M G ^c   Canalda, G ^c   Castro, J ^c   Crozier, W R ^c   Davis, M ^c   Eisemann, M ^c   Farrer, R J ^c   Feldman, L ^c   Frindte, W ^c   Garling T ^c   Gaszner, P ^c   Gillholm, R ^c   Glavak, R ^c   Gustafsson, M ^c   Hansson, S B ^c   Harris, P ^c   Hatzichristou, C ^c   Hudson, B L ^c   Iwawaki, S ^c   Johnston, M ^c   Kallai J ^c   Kasielke, E ^c   Kenardy, J ^c   Kolk, A M M ^c   Lau, P Y ^c   Leong, C C ^c   Montgomery, I ^c   Oei, T P S ^c   Palenzuela, D L ^c   Pennington, D ^c   Peter, M ^c   Pickersgill, M J ^c   Recinos, L A ^c   Richards, J C ^c   Richter, J ^c   Ryden O ^c   Sanavio, E ^c   Sica, C ^c   Simon M A ^c   Surman, M ^c   Torres, B ^c   van Well, S ^c   Zaldivar F ^c   more..

^a Grote Visserijstraat 123B   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross cultural psychology; Hofstede; masculine gender role stress; MGRS Scale; national masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873501418     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397112470366     Document Type: Article

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