The Social Costs of Academic Success Across Ethnic Groups

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1696-1713

  Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^a   Doan, Stacey N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449284985     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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