Graduating from high school: The role of gender-related attitudes, self-concept and goal clarity in a major transition in late adolescence

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 580-596

  Freund, Alexandra M ^a   Weiss, David ^a   Wiese, Bettina S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental transition; Gender differences; Gender related self concept; Goal clarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882247823     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2013.772508     Document Type: Article

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