African, Asian, Latina/o, and European Americans' Responses to Popular Measures of Sexist Beliefs: Some Cautionary Notes

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-166

  Hayes, Eden Reneé ^a   Swim, Janet K ^b  

^a Bard College at Simon's Rock   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human sex differences; measurement; racial and ethnic differences; sex role attitudes; sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878071938     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684313480044     Document Type: Article

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