General versus gender-specific attributes of the psychology major

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-150

  McCray, Jason A ^a   King, Alan R ^a   Bailly, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

College major; Coolidge Axis II inventory (CATI); Family environment scale (FES); Gender specific predictors; Personality disorder traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 18844456273     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.132.2.139-150     Document Type: Article

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