Racial Identity, School Racial Climate, and School Intrinsic Motivation Among African American Youth: The Importance of Person-Context Congruence

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 849-860

  Byrd, Christy M ^a   Chavous, Tabbye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 81255137897     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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