The Effects of a Warm or Chilly Climate Toward Socioeconomic Diversity on Academic Motivation and Self-Concept

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 172-187

  Browman, Alexander S ^a   Destin, Mesmin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic motivation; academic self concept; institutional climate; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLIMATE; EXPECTATION; EXPOSURE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; REST; SOCIAL STATUS; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955463629     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215619379     Document Type: Article

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