Cross-gender mentorship in clinical psychology doctoral programs: An exploratory survey study

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-290

  Harden, Sherry L ^a   Clark, Richard A ^a   Johnson, W Brad ^b   Larson, Joshua ^b  

^a GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Doctoral; Gender; Mentorship; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866930372     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611260903050239     Document Type: Article

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