Affirming the Interdependent Self: Implications for Latino Student Performance

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-57

  Covarrubias, Rebecca ^a   Herrmann, Sarah D ^b   Fryberg, Stephanie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; STUDENT;

EID: 84957809170     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2015.1129609     Document Type: Article

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