A Longitudinal Study of Self-Esteem, Cultural Identity, and Academic Success Among American Indian Adolescents

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-50

  Whitesell, Nancy Rumbaugh ^a   Mitchell, Christina M ^a   Spicer, Paul ^a   The Voices of Indian Teens Project Team, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; adolescence; American Indians; cultural identity; self esteem

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449129343     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013456     Document Type: Article

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