Ethnic differences in the measurement of academic self-concept in a sample of African American and European American college students

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 707-722

  Cokley, Kevin ^a   Komarraju, Meera ^a   King, Aisha ^a   Cunningham, Dana ^a   Muhammad, Grace ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic self concept; African American students; Factor structure; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041569841     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164402251055     Document Type: Article

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