Being a Black man: Development of the Masculinity Inventory Scale (MIS) for Black men

Journal of Men's Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 167-179

  Mincey, Krista ^a   Alfonso, Moya ^b   Hackney, Amy ^b   Luque, John ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Masculinity; Men; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928540689     PISSN: 10608265     EISSN: 19330251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jms.2203.167     Document Type: Article

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