Gender-related individual differences and the structure of vocational interests: The importance of the people-things dimension

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 996-1009

  Lippa, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CAREER CHOICE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0032043857     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.996     Document Type: Article

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