The effect of gender stereotype activation on challenge and threat motivational states
β Scribed by S. Brooke Vick; Mark D. Seery; Jim Blascovich; Max Weisbuch
- Book ID
- 116646305
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-1031
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