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Direct linkTurner, Sherri L.; Steward, Jason C.; Lapan, Richard T. – Career Development Quarterly, 2004
This study tested a causal model, based on social cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994, 2000), of math and science career interests among 6th-grade adolescents (N = 318). Consistent with SCCT, it was found that career gender-typing, mother's and father's support for pursuing math and science careers, as well…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Science Careers, Social Theories, Self Efficacy
