Academic race stereotypes, academic self-concept, and racial centrality in African American youth

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-387

  Okeke, Ndidi A ^a   Howard, Lionel C ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^a   Rowley, Stephanie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Racial identity; Self concept; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749115730     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798409333615     Document Type: Article

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