ERIC Number: EJ743731
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Oct
Pages: 16
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Beyond Parenting Practices: Extended Kinship Support and the Academic Adjustment of African-American and European-American Teens
Pallock, Linda L.; Lamborn, Susie D.
Journal of Adolescence, v29 n5 p813-828 Oct 2006
This study examined adolescents' perceptions of parenting practices and extended kinship support in relation to academic adjustment for 104 African American and 60 European American 9th and 10th graders (14 and 15 year olds). For African-American teens, parental acceptance was associated with school values, teacher bonding, and work orientation. Higher levels of behavioral control and lower levels of psychological control were associated with a stronger work orientation. After accounting for the demographic variables and the three parenting practices, higher levels of extended kinship support related to stronger school values, higher teacher bonding, and a stronger work orientation. For European-American teens, parental acceptance related to academic adjustment, including stronger school values, higher teacher bonding, and a stronger work orientation. European-American adolescents with stronger extended kinship networks reported higher teacher bonding and a stronger work orientation. Results indicate the importance of extended kinship support for both African-American and European-American adolescents.
Descriptors: Grade 10, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Family Relationship, Adolescents, African American Students, Adolescent Attitudes, Grade 9, Values, Teacher Student Relationship, White Students, Student Adjustment, Parent Student Relationship, Work Ethic, Social Control
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 10; Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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