Minority Stress and College Persistence Attitudes Among African American, Asian American, and Latino Students: Perception of University Environment as a Mediator

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Wei, Meifen ^a   Ku, Tsun Yao ^b   Liao, Kelly Yu Hsin ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American, Asian American, and Latino students; College persistence attitudes; Minority stress; Perception of university environment; Predominantly White university

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIATOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; STRESS; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957641219     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023359     Document Type: Article

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