The relation of acculturation, problem-solving appraisal, and career decision-making self-efficacy to Mexican American high school students' educational goals

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-266

  Flores, Lisa Y ^a   Ojeda, Lizette ^a   Huang, Yu Ping ^b   Gee, Diane ^a   Lee, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Career decision making self efficacy; Educational goals; Mexican American; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33746691197     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.53.2.260     Document Type: Article

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