Inequality in Black and White High School Students' Perceptions of School Support: An Examination of Race in Context.

Autor:	Bottiani, Jessika, Bradshaw, Catherine, Mendelson, Tamar
Předmět:	SCHOOL environment TEACHER-student relationships BLACK people CHI-squared test STATISTICAL correlation FACTOR analysis PSYCHOLOGY of high school students HIGH schools PROBABILITY theory RACE RESEARCH funding SCALE analysis (Psychology) STATISTICS STUDENT attitudes WHITE people DATA analysis MULTIPLE regression analysis SOCIAL support CROSS-sectional method DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics ADOLESCENCE PSYCHOLOGY
Zdroj:	Journal of Youth & Adolescence; Jun2016, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p1176-1191, 16p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts, 1 Graph
Abstrakt:	Supportive relationships with adults at school are critical to student engagement in adolescence. Additional research is needed to understand how students' racial backgrounds interact with the school context to shape their perceptions of school support. This study employed multilevel, latent variable methods with a sample of Black and White students ( N = 19,726, 35.8 % Black, 49.9 % male, mean age = 15.9) in 58 high schools to explore variation in perceived caring, equity, and high expectations by student race, school diversity, and socioeconomic context. The results indicated that Black students perceived less caring and equity relative to White students overall, and that equity and high expectations were lower in diverse schools for both Black and White students. Nonetheless, racial disparities were attenuated in more diverse schools. The findings point to the need for intervention to improve perceptions of school support for Black youth and for all students in lower income and more diverse schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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