Understanding factors that shape gender attitudes in early adolescence globally: A mixed-methods systematic review

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Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Kågesten, Anna ^a   Gibbs, Susannah ^a   Blum, Robert Wm ^a   Moreau, Caroline ^a   Chandra Mouli, Venkatraman ^b   Herbert, Ann ^a   Amin, Avni ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RACE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WESTERN EUROPE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; META ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84976484372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157805     Document Type: Article

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