Exploring School Engagement of Middle-Class African American Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Sirin, Selcuk R.; Rogers-Sirin, Lauren
Titel	Exploring School Engagement of Middle-Class African American Adolescents
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 35 (2004) 3, S.323-340 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X03255006
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; African American Students; Academic Achievement; Social Class; Mothers; Self Esteem; Parent Child Relationship; Middle Class + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulleistung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Mother; Mutter; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mittelschicht
Abstract	Because of the scarcity of knowledge about middle-class African American adolescents, the present study explored psychological and parental factors in relation to academic performance. The participants were 336 middle-class African American students and their biological mothers. The findings suggest that for African American middle-class adolescents, educational expectations and school engagement have the strongest relation to academic performance. Self-esteem was not related to academic performance. The results also indicate that positive parent-adolescent relationships, not parents' educational values, were related to better academic performance. Implications for school counselors are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10