Associations between father-daughter relationship quality and the academic engagement of African American adolescent girls: Self-esteem as a mediator?

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-516

  Cooper, Shauna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic engagement; Adolescent girls; African American; Fathers; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350536881     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798409339185     Document Type: Article

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