Gender Variation in Developmental Trajectories of Educational and Occupational Expectations and Attainment From Adolescence to Adulthood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1069-1080

  Mello, Zena R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; educational and occupational expectations and attainment; gender

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPING;

EID: 47249091923     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1069     Document Type: Article

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