Do cultural attitudes matter? the role of cultural orientation on academic self-concept among black/african college students

Journal of College Counseling

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-242

  Williams, Wendi S ^a   Chung, Y Barry ^a,b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic self concept; Black African college students; cultural orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885100366     PISSN: 10990399     EISSN: 21611882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1882.2013.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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