Adolescent girls' and boys' science peer relationships and perceptions of the possible self as scientist

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Stake, Jayne E ^a   Nickens, Shannon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences in science attitudes; Possible self in science; Science motivation; Science peers

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244402897     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-1189-4     Document Type: Article

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