Career education: An application of latent growth curve modelling to career information-seeking behaviour of school pupils

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-153

  Shevlin, Mark ^a   Millar, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 33645324741     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904x22386     Document Type: Article

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