Relationship of sociocultural factors and academic self-esteem to school grades and school disengagement in North African French adolescents

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 777-797

  Régner, Isabelle ^a,c   Loose, Florence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33846473741     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X83610     Document Type: Article

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