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ERIC Number: EJ224734
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
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Depression: Key to Minority Underachievement.
Rouse, Nancy I.
Kappa Delta Pi Record, v16 n4 p104-06 Apr 1980
This paper explores in depth the possibility that learned helplessness and depression may explain the gap in academic performance between middle-class children and children from minority and poverty backgrounds. Emphasis is placed on Black Americans, because more data is available about this group. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Depression (Psychology), Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness, Learning Theories, Low Achievement, Lower Class Students, Minority Group Children, Self Concept
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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