Racial and athletic identity of African American football players at historically black colleges and universities and predominantly white institutions

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-24

  Steinfeldt, Jesse A ^a   Reed, Courtney ^b   Steinfeldt, M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American student athletes; Athletic identity; College adjustment; Football; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549104097     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798409353894     Document Type: Article

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