Psychological Entitlement and Ambivalent Sexism: Understanding the Role of Entitlement in Predicting Two Forms of Sexism

Sex Roles

Volumn 70, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 209-220

  Grubbs, Joshua B ^a   Exline, Julie J ^a   Twenge, Jean M ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalent sexism; Benevolent; Entitlement; Hostile; Narcissism; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896394872     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-014-0360-1     Document Type: Article

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