Gender-role egalitarianism predicts desirable traits of potential marriage partners: A cross-cultural comparison

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-330

  Rempala, Daniel M ^a,b   Tolman, Ryan T ^a   Okdie, Bradley M ^c   Ahn, Dohyun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Gender role egalitarianism; Mate preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911442866     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12073     Document Type: Article

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