When men and women differ in self-esteem and when they don't: A meta-analysis

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-51

  Zuckerman, Miron ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Hall, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences in self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979306910     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.07.007     Document Type: Article

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