A psychometric investigation of the academic self-concept of Asian American college students

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-99

  Cokley, Kevin ^a   Patel, Nima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic self concept; Asian American students; Factor structure; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846041109     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406288175     Document Type: Article

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