Development of interests and competency beliefs in Italian adolescents: An exploration of circumplex structure and bidirectional relationships

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-191

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Tracey, Terence J G ^b   Brown, Steven D ^c   Soresi, Salvatore ^d   Nota, Laura ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Circumplex structure; Competency beliefs; Interests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCATION;

EID: 33746874822     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.53.2.181     Document Type: Article

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