Sex and developmental differences by complexity of functions of occupational aspirations of school children across ten years

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 597-605

  Helwig, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036548841     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.597     Document Type: Article

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