Girls and science careers: The role of altruistic values and attitudes about scientific tasks

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-348

  Weisgram, Erica S ^a   Bigler, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic values; Children; Gender attitudes; Science; Self efficacy; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746876716     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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