Gender Differences in Motivational Pathways to College for Middle Class African American Youths

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 961-968

  Wood, Dana ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^b   Copping, Kristine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

African American adolescents; Educational attainment; Educational expectations and values; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960448670     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023745     Document Type: Article

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