Career counseling is personal counseling: A constructivist approach to nurturing the development of gifted female adolescents

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-224

  Maxwell, Millie ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 34247640786     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2007.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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