Adjustment of Black Students at a Historically White South African University

Educational Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-116

  Sennett, Justin ^a   Finchilescu, Gillian ^a   Gibson, Kerry ^a   Strauss, Rosanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0344198446     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410303219     Document Type: Article

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