If my masculinity is threatened i won't support gender equality? The role of agentic self-stereotyping in restoration of manhood and perception of gender relations

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 274-284

  Kosakowska Berezecka, Natasza ^a   Besta, Tomasz ^a   Adamska, Krystyna ^a   Jaśkiewicz, Michał ^a   Jurek, Paweł ^a   Vandello, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender relations; Masculinity; Self stereotyping; System justification; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946423703     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/men0000016     Document Type: Article

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