Exploring resiliency: Academic achievement among disadvantaged black youth in South Africa

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 574-591

  Dass Brailsford, Priscilla ^a  

^a LESLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Black youth, resilience; Social support, stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344476438     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630503500311     Document Type: Review

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