Stereotype threat and college academic performance: A latent variables approach

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-166

  Owens, Jayanti ^a   Massey, Douglas S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic under performance; African Americans; Hispanics; Racial gaps; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149467183     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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