ERIC Number: EJ1115347
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Trajectories of Discrimination across Adolescence: Associations with Academic, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes
Diane Hughes; Juan Del Toro; Jessica F. Harding; Niobe Way; Jason R. D. Rarick
Child Development, v87 n5 p1337-1351 Sep-Oct 2016
The authors explored trajectories of perceived discrimination over a 6-year period (five assessments in 6th-11th grade) in relation to academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades. They distinguished discrimination from adults versus peers in addition to overt versus covert discrimination from peers. The sample included 226 African American, White, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Chinese adolescents (ages 11-12 at Time 1) recruited in sixth grade from six public schools in New York City. All forms of discrimination increased during middle school and decreased during high school. The frequency with which adolescents reported different sources and types of discrimination varied across ethnicity/race, but not gender. Initial levels and rates of change in discrimination predicted academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades, albeit in complex ways.
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Ethnic Groups, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, African American Students, White Students, Hispanic American Students, Puerto Ricans, Chinese Americans, Asian American Students, Age Differences, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, Peer Influence
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Related Records: ED651641
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8; Grade 9; High Schools; Grade 10; Grade 11
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 021859; 0721383; R305B140037