Gender differences in adolescents' possible selves

Youth and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-309

  Knox, Michele ^a   Funk, Jeanne ^b   Elliott, Robert ^b   Bush, Ellen Greene ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Psychological Resources   (United States)

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EID: 0034338472     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X00031003002     Document Type: Article

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