Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, and Academic Outcomes of Mexican Immigrant Children: The Importance of School Context

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1477-1485

  Brown, Christia Spears ^a   Chu, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PERCEPTION; RACISM; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84866165336     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01786.x     Document Type: Article

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