Toward a better understanding of emerging adult men's gender role journeys: Differences in age, education, race, relationship status, and sexual orientation

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-210

  McDermott, Ryon C ^a   Schwartz, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Emerging adulthood; Gender role journey; Latent profile analysis; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882589058     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028538     Document Type: Article

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