Ethnicity, gender, and academic self-concept: A preliminary examination of academic disidentification and implications for psychologists

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 378-388

  Cokley, Kevin O ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic disidentification; Academic self concept; African American; Ethnicity; Self esteem; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036827552     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.8.4.379     Document Type: Article

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