Urban Aboriginal-Australian and Anglo-Australian children: In-group preference, self-concept, and teachers' academic evaluations

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-197

  Pedersen, Anne ^a   Walker, Iain ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal australian; In group preference; Teachers' evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178012     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1298(200005/06)10:3<183::AID-CASP564>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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