The social networks and resources of African American eighth graders: Evidence from the national education longitudinal study of 1988

Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 133, 1999, Pages 169-183

  Smith Maddox, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033087975     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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