Social Class Privilege and Adolescent Women's Perceived Career Options

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-494

  Lapour, Anne Scott ^a   Heppner, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; career; privilege; social class; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449503437     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017268     Document Type: Article

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