The Measurement of Career Interests among At-Risk Inner-City and Middle-Class Suburban Adolescents

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-420

  Turner, Sherri L ^a   Lapan, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Career interests; Ethnic racial comparisons; Factor analysis; Middle school students; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242511180     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072703255870     Document Type: Article

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