Connecting Self-Esteem and Achievement: Diversity in Academic Identification and Dis-identification Patterns Among Black College Students

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1122-1151

  Hope, Elan C ^a   Chavous, Tabbye M ^b   Jagers, Robert J ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic identification; achievement; Black education; college students; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884547657     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831213500333     Document Type: Article

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