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Trajectories of Discrimination across Adolescence: Associations with Academic, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes

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Title: Trajectories of Discrimination across Adolescence: Associations with Academic, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes
Language: English
Authors: Hughes, Diane, Del Toro, Juan, Harding, Jessica F., Way, Niobe, Rarick, Jason R. D.
Source: Child Development. Sep-Oct 2016 87(5):1337-1351.
Availability: Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2016
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contract Number: 021859
0721383
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6
Intermediate Grades
Middle Schools
Elementary Education
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Secondary Education
Grade 8
Grade 9
High Schools
Grade 10
Grade 11
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Ethnic Groups, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, African American Students, White Students, Hispanic American Students, Puerto Ricans, Chinese Americans, Asian American Students, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, Peer Influence
Geographic Terms: Dominican Republic, New York (New York)
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12591/abstract
ISSN: 0009-3920
Abstract: The authors explored trajectories of perceived discrimination over a 6-year period (five assessments in 6th-11th grade) in relation to academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades. They distinguished discrimination from adults versus peers in addition to overt versus covert discrimination from peers. The sample included 226 African American, White, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Chinese adolescents (ages 11-12 at Time 1) recruited in sixth grade from six public schools in New York City. All forms of discrimination increased during middle school and decreased during high school. The frequency with which adolescents reported different sources and types of discrimination varied across ethnicity/race, but not gender. Initial levels and rates of change in discrimination predicted academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades, albeit in complex ways.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2016
Accession Number: EJ1115347
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The authors explored trajectories of perceived discrimination over a 6-year period (five assessments in 6th-11th grade) in relation to academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades. They distinguished discrimination from adults versus peers in addition to overt versus covert discrimination from peers. The sample included 226 African American, White, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Chinese adolescents (ages 11-12 at Time 1) recruited in sixth grade from six public schools in New York City. All forms of discrimination increased during middle school and decreased during high school. The frequency with which adolescents reported different sources and types of discrimination varied across ethnicity/race, but not gender. Initial levels and rates of change in discrimination predicted academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades, albeit in complex ways.
ISSN:0009-3920
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12591/abstract