Academic achievement and behavioral health among Asian American and African American adolescents: Testing the model minority and inferior minority assumptions

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-43

  Whaley, Arthur L ^a   Noel, La Tonya ^b  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; African Americans; Asian Americans; Behavioral health; Disidentification; Sociocultural theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874533670     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-012-9206-2     Document Type: Article

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