Differences between African American and European American first-year college students in the relationship between self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and academic achievement

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-123

  DeFreitas, Stacie Craft ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Ethnic differences; Outcome expectations; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856515580     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-011-9172-0     Document Type: Article

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