Ethnicity, Gender, and Academic Self-Concept: A Preliminary Examination and Academic Disidentification and Implications for Psychologists.

Cokley, Kevin O.

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ERIC Number: EJ655164

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Publication Date: 2002

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Ethnicity, Gender, and Academic Self-Concept: A Preliminary Examination and Academic Disidentification and Implications for Psychologists.

Cokley, Kevin O.

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, v8 n4 p378-88 Nov 2002

Examines data from 358 African American students and 229 European American students to determine if the phenomenon of academic disidentification occurred. Analyses revealed that among African American male students, the relationship between academic self-concept and grade point average (GPA) significantly decreased, whereas the relationship between academic self- concept, self-esteem, and GPA significantly increased for European American female students. (Contains 20 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Predictor Variables, School Psychology, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Sex Differences

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Language: English

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