Culture predicts Mexican Americans' college self-efficacy and college performance

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Aguayo, David ^a   Herman, Keith ^a   Ojeda, Lizette ^b   Flores, Lisa Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic performance; acculturation; college students; generation status; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958781133     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022504     Document Type: Article

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