ERIC Number: EJ1013127
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 10
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Overcoming Adversity: High-Achieving African American Youth's Perspectives on Educational Resilience
Williams, Joseph M.; Bryan, Julia
Journal of Counseling & Development, v91 n3 p291-300 Jul 2013
This qualitative multicase research study identified the home, school, and community factors and processes that contributed to the academic success of 8 urban, African American high school graduates from low-income, single-parent families. Ten main themes emerged: school-related parenting practices, personal stories of hardship, positive mother-child relationships, extended family networks, supportive school-based relationships, school-oriented peer culture, good teaching, extracurricular school activities, social support networks, and out-of-school time activities. Implications for counselors are discussed.
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, African American Students, Qualitative Research, Low Income, High School Graduates, One Parent Family, Parenting Styles, Resilience (Psychology), Parent Child Relationship, Extracurricular Activities, Social Support Groups, Peer Relationship, School Counselors, Parent Participation, Case Studies, Questionnaires, Academic Achievement, School Community Relationship, Family School Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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