Gender-Related Academic and Occupational Interests and Goals

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-76

  Petersen, Jennifer ^a   Hyde, Janet Shibley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic ability; Careers; Gender differences; Gender similarities; Meta analysis; Occupations; STEM

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84908399061     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2014.04.004     Document Type: Chapter

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