A longitudinal examination of African American Adolescents' attributions about achievement outcomes

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1486-1500

  Swinton, Akilah D ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^a   Rowley, Stephanie J ^b   Okeke Adeyanju, Ndidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 80052590908     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01623.x     Document Type: Article

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