Feeling Good in Spite of Failure: Understanding Race-Based Differences in Academic Achievement and Self-Esteem

Studies indicate that global self-esteem, an individual's overall sense of self-worth, and academic self-esteem, self-worth related to academics, are positively related to academic achievement. This relationship holds for white adolescents. However, while still positive, this relationship is we...

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Main Author: Auf der Heide, Laura
Other Authors: Walker, Henry A.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/196070