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Achieving Despite the Odds: A Study of Resilience Among a Group of African American High School Seniors

Link: http://www.founders.howard.edu/hupress/

This article reports on a study examining the phenomenon of resilience, or the manifestation of competence despite the presence of stressful life events or circumstance, as a factor leading to the academic success of 20 African American 12th graders (10 females, 10 males) from impoverished backgrounds.

• Author/Creator: Floyd, C.
• Author's address: Howard University Press Howard University Washington, D.C. 20059
• Journal/Secondary Title: The Journal of Negro Education
• Number: 2
• Volume: 65
• Year: 1996

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Educators
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: African Americans
• Subject: Resilience (Personality)

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