Mothers' Academic Gender Stereotypes and Education-Related Beliefs About Sons and Daughters in African American Families

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 521-530

  Wood, Dana ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^a   Rowley, Stephanie J ^b   Okeke Adeyanju, Ndidi ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Educational attainment expectations; Gender stereotypes; Parents' beliefs about child competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955031472     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018481     Document Type: Article

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