Ethnicity as a social context for the development of African-American adolescents

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-426

  Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^a   Wong, Carol A ^b   Peck, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic motivation and performance; African American adolescents; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748423521     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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