Profiles of Latino adaptation at elite colleges and universities

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Rivas Drake, Deborah ^a   Mooney, Margarita ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnicity; Latinos; Opportunity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849145413     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-008-9194-8     Document Type: Article

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