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Peer reviewedOsborne, Jason W. – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Tested hypothesis that African American children protect themselves from failure by detaching their self-esteem from academic outcomes. Analyses revealed a pattern of weakening correlations between self-esteem and academic outcomes from 8th to 10th grade for African American students. Correlations for white students remained stable or increased.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
