How Attractive Are Sexist Intimates to Adolescents? The Influence of Sexist Beliefs and Relationship Experience

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 494-506

  Montañés, Pilar ^a   de Lemus, Soledad ^b   Moya, Miguel ^b   Bohner, Gerd ^c   Megías, Jesús L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adolescent attitudes; interpersonal attraction; sex role attitudes; sexism; social dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887590203     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684313475998     Document Type: Article

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