The role of sex, self-perception, and school bonding in predicting academic achievement among middle class African American early adolescents

Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 176, 2009, Pages 773-796

  Eisele, Heather ^a,b   Zand, Debra H ^b   Thomson, Nicole Renick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77952761951     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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