The stability of vocational interests from early adolescence to middle adulthood: A quantitative review of longitudinal studies

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 713-737

  Low, K S Douglas ^a   Yoon, Mijung ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a   Rounds, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Longitudinal; Personality traits; Stability; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 26844475734     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.5.713     Document Type: Review

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