She Loves Him, She Loves Him Not: Attachment Style as a Predictor of Women's Ambivalent Sexism Toward Men

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 507-518

  Hart, Joshua ^a   Glick, Peter ^b   Dinero, Rachel E ^c  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OMEP The World Organization for Early Childhood Education   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment behavior; interpersonal attraction; romance; sex role attitudes; sexism; trust (social behavior)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887572065     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684313497471     Document Type: Article

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