ERIC Number: EJ873792
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Feb
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Culturally Distinctive and Academic Socialization: Direct and Interactive Relationships with African American Adolescents' Academic Adjustment
Cooper, Shauna M.; Smalls, Ciara
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v39 n2 p199-212 Feb 2010
Theories of ethnic minority development have largely suggested that African American parents engage in a combination of practices that include culturally distinctive socialization as well as behaviors that are characteristic of more universal forms of academic socialization. However, few studies have examined how these socialization dimensions interact to influence the academic adjustment of African American adolescents. The current study explored the independent and interactive roles of parental academic and culturally distinctive socialization on the academic adjustment of African American adolescents. The sample was comprised 144 African American adolescents (M = 12.4; SD = 1.14; 56% female). Findings provided partial support that cultural and academic socialization were independently associated with indicators of academic adjustment. However, the interaction between these dimensions also was associated with youths' adjustment in the academic domain.
Descriptors: Socialization, Adolescents, Student Adjustment, African American Students, Academic Achievement, Parent Role, Acculturation
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Language: English
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