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Chang, Esther S.; Heckhausen, Jutta; Greenberger, Ellen; Chen, Chuansheng – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
This study proposed and confirmed three ways in which college students can perceive "shared" agency and two ways in which they can perceive "non-shared" agency with parents when pursuing educational goals in college. Differences and similarities were examined among participants from four ethnic backgrounds (N = 515; 67% female): East Asian…
Descriptors: College Students, Pacific Islanders, Youth, Asian Americans
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Greenberger, Ellen; Lessard, Jared; Chen, Chuansheng; Farruggia, Susan P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Anecdotal evidence suggests an increase in entitled attitudes and behaviors of youth in school and college settings. Using a newly developed scale to assess "academic entitlement" (AE), a construct that includes expectations of high grades for modest effort and demanding attitudes towards teachers, this research is the first to investigate the…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Grade Point Average, Incentives
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Haddad, Eileen; Chen, Chuansheng; Greenberger, Ellen – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Previous research has consistently documented the importance of VIPs (mentors or important non-parental adults) in the lives of adolescents. Little is known, however, about whether VIPs play the same important roles across ethnic groups and whether VIPs remain influential when adolescents are older and involved in romantic relationships. The…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents, Psychology