The Impact of the Transition to High School on the Self-System and Perceived Social Context of Poor Urban Youth

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 489-515

  Seidman, Edward ^a   Aber, J Lawrence ^b   Allen, LaRue ^a   French, Sabine Elizabeth ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

School transition; Social contexts; Urban youth

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BALTIMORE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030204009     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02506794     Document Type: Article

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