Locus of Control, Self-Concept, and Self-Esteem among At-Risk African-American Adolescents

Locus of Control, Self-Concept, and Self-Esteem among At-Risk African-American Adolescents

Investigates boundaries between normal and abnormal psychological profiles among adolescents, particularly on instruments widely used in psychology research and clinical/educational practice. Participants were 117 students from a large, urban city in an outgoing intervention program, with adolescent...

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Veröffentlicht in:Adolescence 1996-09, Vol.31 (123), p.597-604
1. Verfasser: Wood, Paula C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adolescents
African American teenagers
African American youth
African Americans - psychology
At Risk Persons
Biological and medical sciences
Black American people
Black people
Blacks
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Style
Comparison
Developmental psychology
Dropout Characteristics
Dropout Prevention
Early Intervention
Educational Practices
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
High School Students
Humans
Internal-External Control
Learning Strategies
Locus of Control
Male
Midwestern United States
Poverty
Psychological aspects
Psychological Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometric Analysis
Relationship
Risk
Risk Factors
School dropouts
Secondary Education
Self Concept
Self Concept Measures
Self Esteem
Self image
Self-perception in adolescence
Selfconcept
Selfesteem
Sex Factors
Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:Investigates boundaries between normal and abnormal psychological profiles among adolescents, particularly on instruments widely used in psychology research and clinical/educational practice. Participants were 117 students from a large, urban city in an outgoing intervention program, with adolescents who were at risk of dropping out of school because of academic underachievement, and whose family's incomes were below the poverty line. (KW)
ISSN:0001-8449