Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ437026
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Bouncing Back: Sports and Academic Resilience among African-American Males.
Braddock, Jomills Henry, II; And Others
Education and Urban Society, v24 n1 p113-31 Nov 1991
Data for 1,140 African-American male students from 802 public schools from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 indicate that sports participation is positively associated with aspirations of African-American male eighth graders to complete high school and enter college. Other positive effects of athletic participation are found for this sample. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Adjustment (to Environment), Athletics, Black Students, Blacks, Extracurricular Activities, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Males, National Surveys, Public Schools, Resilience (Personality), Self Concept, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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