Ethnicity, Peers, and Academic Achievement: Who Wants to be Friends with the Smart Kids?
| Autor: | Amirah Saafir, Xiaochen Chen, Sandra Graham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adolescent Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Friends 050109 social psychology Academic achievement Peer Group White People Education Developmental psychology Moderated mediation Asian People Ethnicity Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Students media_common Academic Success 05 social sciences Ethnic composition Hispanic or Latino Ethnically diverse humanities Legal psychology Black or African American Health psychology Friendship Female Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 49:1030-1042 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6601 0047-2891 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10964-019-01189-7 |
| Popis: | Ethnic differences in peer reactions to academic achievement during adolescence has been a widely discussed but controversial issue in developmental and education research. Do peers respond positively or negatively to classmates of different ethnic groups who get good grades in school? The current study addressed this question by examining the linkage between academic achievement and friendship nominations received in an ethnically diverse sample of 4501 sixth grade students (Mage = 11.3 years; 51% female; 41.3% Latino, 25.1% White, 19.3% Asian, and 14.3% Black). The results of mediated moderation analyses showed that for Asians and Whites, higher academic achievement was associated with more same-ethnic friendships, whereas for Blacks and Latinos, higher academic achievement was associated with more cross-ethnic friendships. In addition, ethnic differences in the linkage between academic achievement and friendships were partly explained by classroom ethnic composition. Implications for promoting friendships of high achieving students both within and across ethnic boundaries were discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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