Gender Stereotypes in the Family Context: Mothers, Fathers, and Siblings

Sex Roles

Volumn 68, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 577-590

  Endendijk, Joyce J ^a   Groeneveld, Marleen G ^a   van Berkel, Sheila R ^a   Hallers Haalboom, Elizabeth T ^a   Mesman, Judi ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Gender; Gender stereotypes; Implicit and explicit stereotypes; Parents; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876449502     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0265-4     Document Type: Article

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