Coping on Campus: The Problems of Minority College Students |
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Abuse of drugs academic preparation academic problems academic skills academic success adaptation Affirmation appearing stupid Assertion training attitudes Behavior to Decrease behavior-modification Belief that he/she belong in college black high schools Career exploration career goals chosen primarily college authority control Contingency control COPING ON CAMPUS correlated with feelings counselors culture Desired Behavior Dislike for persons ethnic evaluation Fear of appearing fear of failure feelings of self-worth Frequency high motivation Images of failure interpersonal Lack of career low grade averages lower-class blacks method middle-class blacks minority college students Minority students enter Modification Technique motivation to achieve multimodal nation's nationally normed tests percent persons in college Poor academic performance Positive imagery predominantly black high primarily by lower-class PROBLEMS OF MINORITY self-assessment Self-confidence Self-worth self-help self-mastery Somatic symptoms spent studying Stimulus control Contingency Stop techniques strongly correlated students enter college students feel techniques Desensitization test anxiety traditional counseling unrealistically high unrespected white-dominated