Theory and measurement of androgyny: A reply to the Pedhazur-Tetenbaum and Locksley-Colten critiques

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 1047-1054

  Bem, Sandra L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Locksley ; Bem Sex Role Inventory, reply to E. J. Pedhazur ; M. Colten's critiques; measurement of androgyny ; T. J. Tetenbaum's ; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84972970931     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.37.6.1047     Document Type: Article

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