Friendship Groups, Personal Motivation, and Gender in Relation to High School Students' STEM Career Interest

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 652-664

  Robnett, Rachael D ^a   Leaper, Campbell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84887607892     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12013     Document Type: Article

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