Victimization and Gender Identity in Single-Sex and Mixed-Sex Schools: Examining Contextual Variations in Pressure to Conform to Gender Norms

Sex Roles

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 442-454

  Drury, Kate ^a   Bukowski, William M ^a   Velásquez, Ana M ^b   Stella Lopez, Luz ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Middle childhood; Peer victimization; Single and Mixed sex schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884814894     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0118-6     Document Type: Article

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