Accentuating your masculine side: Agentic traits generally dominate self-evaluation, even in China

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Bi, Chongzeng ^a   Ybarra, Oscar ^b   Zhao, Yufang ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Big Two; Communion; Culture; Gender roles; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876542204     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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