Math-related career aspirations and choices within Eccles et al.'s expectancy-value theory of achievement-related behaviors

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1540-1559

  Lauermann, Fani ^a   Tsai, Yi Miau ^b   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Expectancy value theory; Gender; STEM

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85021743195     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000367     Document Type: Article

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