Gender Norm Salience Across Middle Schools: Contextual Variations in Associations Between Gender Typicality and Socioemotional Distress

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 947-960

  Smith, Danielle Sayre ^a   Schacter, Hannah L ^b   Enders, Craig ^a   Juvonen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early adolescence; Gender norms; Gender typicality; Socioemotional distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL NORM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL NORMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85027974913     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-017-0732-2     Document Type: Article

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