Gender differences in first-year dental students' motivation to attend dental school

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 952-961

  Scarbecz, Mark ^a   Ross, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ of Tennessee Coll of Dent   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Dental students; Gender; Vocational guidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; DENTIST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RELATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTISTS, WOMEN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0036689190     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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