Contextual Influences on Gender Segregation in Emerging Adulthood.

To better understand contextual influences on gender segregation in emerging adulthood, we examined the extent to which college students (  = 285; 178 females, 107 males) from the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. nominated same-gender peers when listing their close friends, preferred workmates for pr...

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Publicado en:Sex Roles Vol. 69; no. 11-12; pp. 632 - 644
Autores principales: DiDonato, Lisa, Strough, JoNell
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2013
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