Psychological distress, perceived family conflict, and career development issues in college students of color

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 354-369

  Constantine, Madonna G ^a   Flores, Lisa Y ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Career aspiration; Career certainty; Career indecision; Ethnic minority college students; Perceived family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745637466     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072706286491     Document Type: Article

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