Benevolent Sexism, Attitudes Toward Motherhood, and Reproductive Rights: A Multi-Study Longitudinal Examination of Abortion Attitudes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 970-984

  Huang, Yanshu ^a   Davies, Paul G ^b   Sibley, Chris G ^a   Osborne, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

benevolent sexism; elective abortion; longitudinal; motherhood; traumatic abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEXISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEXISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84974602958     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167216649607     Document Type: Article

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