Gender roles and traits in stress and health

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Mayor, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisal; Femininity; Gender; Inequity in health; Masculinity; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940481940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00779     Document Type: Article

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