Citation

Reynolds AL, Sneva JN, Beehler GP. J. Coll. Stud. Dev. 2010; 51(2): 135-149.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American College Personnel Association)

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Abstract

This study examined the effects of racism-related stress on the academic and psychological factors affecting the success of 151 Black and Latino/a college students enrolled at several predominantly White universities in the northeastern United States. Institutional racism-related stress was negatively correlated with extrinsic motivation but positively correlated with intrinsic motivation. Findings also indicated that some racial differences were found between the level of a motivation that Black and Latino/a college students who report high levels of institutional racism-related stress experience. Implications of these results for research and practice within student affairs are explored.