Family, school, and community factors and relationships to racial-ethnic attitudes and academic achievement

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 159-173

  Smith, Emilie Phillips ^a,d   Atkins, Jacqueline ^a,b   Connell, Christian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Community; Context; Ecological models; Family; Racial ethnic attitudes; Racial ethnic identity; Racial ethnic socialization; School

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLLEGE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUST; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RACE RELATIONS; SCHOOLS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 1542750569     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025663311100     Document Type: Article

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