Professional interests and career aspirations of graduate students in professional psychology: An exploratory survey

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Cassin, Stephanie E ^a,d   Singer, Alisa R ^b   Dobson, Keith S ^a,e,f   Altmaier, Elizabeth M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e Foothills Medical Centre ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career choices; Clinical psychology; Counseling psychology; Gender; Graduate students; Professional degrees; Professional psychology; Theoretical orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248341437     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.1.1.26     Document Type: Review

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