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Flanagan, Constance A.; Syvertsen, Amy K.; Gill, Sukhdeep; Gallay, Leslie S.; Cumsille, Patricio – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
The role of prejudice and ethnic awareness in the civic commitments and beliefs about the American social contract of 1,096 (53% female) adolescents (11-18 year olds, Mean = 15) from African-, Arab-, Latino-, and European-American backgrounds were compared. Ethnic awareness was higher among minority youth and discrimination more often reported by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African Americans, Arabs, North Americans
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Flanagan, Constance A.; Cumsille, Patricio; Gill, Sukhdeep; Gallay, Leslie S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
The developmental correlates of diffuse support for the polity and civic commitments were explored in a survey of 1,052 students (mean age = 14.96 years) from African American, Arab American, European American, and Latino American backgrounds. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that regardless of their age, gender, or ethnic…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Community Surveys, School Surveys, School Culture