Enhancing career exploration, decision making, and problem solving of adolescent girls with disabilities

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-153

  Lusk, Stephanie L ^a   Cook, Daniel ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Career exploration; Decision making; Disabilities; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 77649298301     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2009-0484     Document Type: Article

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