Academic self-concept in Black adolescents: Do race and gender stereotypes matter?

Self and Identity

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-277

  Evans, Ashley B ^a   Copping, Kristine E ^b   Rowley, Stephanie J ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic stereotypes; African American youth; Gender; Race; Self perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952501330     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2010.485358     Document Type: Article

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