Fitting in: The roles of social acceptance and discrimination in shaping the academic motivations of Latino youth in the U.S. Southeast

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-153

  Perreira, Krista M ^a   Fuligni, Andrew ^b   Potochnick, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; LATINO PEOPLE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INCLUSION; YOUNG POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951148998     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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