The transition to high school for academically promising, urban, low-income African American youth

Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 137, 2000, Pages 45-66

  Newman, Barbara M ^a   Myers, Mary C ^c   Newman, Philip R ^c   Lohman, Brenda J ^a   Smith, Victoria L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alabama Department of Health   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OHIO; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034154815     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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