Mathematics Self-Efficacy: Sources and Relation to Science-Based Career Choice

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 424-430

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Lopez, Frederick G ^a   Bieschke, Kathleen J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000249767     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.38.4.424     Document Type: Article

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