Negative attributes are gendered too: Conceptualizing and measuring positive and negative facets of sex-role identity

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 516-531

  Berger, Anja ^a   Krahé, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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EID: 84901256176     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1970     Document Type: Article

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