Gender-Typed Behaviors in Friendships and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study of Chinese and American Boys

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-68

  Gupta, Taveeshi ^a   Way, Niobe ^a   McGill, Rebecca K ^b   Hughes, Diane ^a   Santos, Carlos ^c   Jia, Yueming ^d   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^e   Chen, Xinyin ^f   Deng, Huihua ^g  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Education Sciences   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Education Development Center   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g South East University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84873896249     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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