Relationship between psychosocial factors and academic achievement among african american students

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Powell, Cecil L ^a   Arriola, Kimberly R Jacob ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; African american; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037236929     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670309598805     Document Type: Article

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