Racial Ideology and Racial Centrality as Predictors of African American College Students' Academic Performance

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-27

  Sellers, Robert M ^a   Chavous, Tabbye M ^b   Cooke, Deanna Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0007273685     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00957984980241002     Document Type: Article

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