The Gender Gap in Possible Selves: Divergence of Academic Self-Views Among High School and University Students

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 357-371

  Lips, Hilary M ^a  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Mathematics and science; Possible selves

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142762407     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000018891.88889.c9     Document Type: Article

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