Relation of contextual supports and barriers to choice behavior in engineering majors: Test of alternative social cognitive models

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 458-465

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Brown, Steven D ^b   Schmidt, Janet ^a   Brenner, Bradley ^a   Lyons, Heather ^a   Treistman, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; CAREER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

EID: 0242551381     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.50.4.458     Document Type: Article

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