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Self-Efficacy And Perceived Social Support As Predictors Of Academic Achievement Among First-Generation African American Females At A Historically Black College And University, Felicia Brown Kelly
Self-Efficacy And Perceived Social Support As Predictors Of Academic Achievement Among First-Generation African American Females At A Historically Black College And University, Felicia Brown Kelly
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African American, female, first-generation students face unique social and academic challenges due to their triple minority status of being Black, female, and first-generation and often perceiving low social support. The problem this study addressed is the role that self-efficacy and social support play for this group of students is insufficiently known. The purpose of this study was to explore the role that self-efficacy and perceived social support play for first-generation African American females at a Historically Black College and University. Theoretical frameworks for this study were Bandura’s self-efficacy theory which analyzes self-efficacy relating to mastery and Bandura’s social cognitive theory, …