Urban Adolescents' Constructions of Supports and Barriers to Educational and Career Attainment

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-343

  Kenny, Maureen E ^a   Gualdron, Leyla ^a   Scanlon, David ^a   Sparks, Elizabeth ^a   Blustein, David L ^a   Jernigan, Maryam ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

career development; minority youth; relational supports; urban adolescents; vocational barriers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 34548828788     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.54.3.336     Document Type: Article

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