Masculine and Feminine Traits on the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, 1993–2012: a Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis

Sex Roles

Volumn 76, Issue 9-10, 2017, Pages 556-565

  Donnelly, Kristin ^a   Twenge, Jean M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgyny; Change over time; Femininity; Masculinity; Sex roles

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; META ANALYSIS; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; SEX ROLE; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 84963758998     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-016-0625-y     Document Type: Article

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