Educational resilience in African American adolescents

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-487

  Cunningham, Michael ^a   Swanson, Děna Phillips ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic self esteem; Educational resilience; Future expectations; School support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955836272     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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