Native american undergraduate students' persistence intentions: A psychosociocultural perspective

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-228

  Thompson, Mindi N ^a   Johnson Jennings, Michelle ^b   Nitzarim, Rachel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Native American Collective Pursuits Of Education (NACOPE); Persistence intentions; Psychometrics; Psychosociocultural framework; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTENTION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877608128     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031546     Document Type: Article

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