Perceptions and Attitudes of Black Students toward School, Achievement, and Other Educational Variables

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1141-1152

  Ford, Donna Y ^a   Harris III, J John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030163394     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01787.x     Document Type: Article

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