Time perspective and school membership as correlates to academic achievement among African American adolescents

Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 167, 2007, Pages 525-538

  Adelabu, Detris Honora ^a  

^a WHEELOCK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37349067068     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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