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This research was supported, in part, by Award Number F31MH084476 from the National Institute of Mental Health to Heather A. Priess and by Award Number T32HD049302 from the Eunice Kennedy Schriver National Institute of Child Health And Human Development to Sara M. Lindberg. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Mental Health, the Eunice Kennedy Schriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, or the National Institutes of Health.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1202 West Johnson Street, 53706, Madison, WI, USA

    Heather A. Priess

  2. Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin, 700 Regent Street, Suite 301, Madison, WI, USA

    Sara M. Lindberg

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Priess, H.A., Lindberg, S.M. (2011). Gender Intensification. In: Levesque, R.J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_391

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