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Gender Differences in Motivational Pathways to College for Middle Class African American Youths
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Wood, Dana; Kurtz-Costes, Beth; Copping, Kristine E. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Using a sample of predominantly middle-class African American adolescents and parents (N = 424), the authors tested a path model linking parental expectations for children's future educational attainment, youths' motivation during Grade 11, and youths' subsequent on-time postsecondary educational progress. Parents' expectations were positively…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Graduation, Educational Attainment, College Attendance
Culture: A Possible Predictor of Morality for African American Adolescents
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Humphries, Marisha L.; Jagers, Robert J. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
This study examined the ways in which cultural orientation (communalism and material well-being) and empathy influence the moral reasoning of African American middle to late adolescents. Specifically, this study utilized path analysis to investigate Ward's (1995) hypothesis that a communal orientation would promote morality among African American…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Path Analysis, Empathy, African Americans
Understanding the Pathways of Factors Influencing the Use of Spiritually Based Interventions
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Kvarfordt, Connie L.; Sheridan, Michael J. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2009
This investigation is a secondary analysis of a data set (N=283) drawn from a national, probability sample of clinical social workers in the United States. The original study used a cross-sectional, correlational survey design to gather information on practitioners' personal religious/spiritual beliefs and practices; professional attitudes,…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Probability, Ethics, Social Work
Shyness, Sociability, and Parental Support for the College Transition: Relation to Adolescents' Adjustment
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Mounts, Nina S.; Valentiner, David P.; Anderson, Katherine L.; Boswell, Michelle K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
A path model was tested in an ethnically diverse sample of 350 college students in which shyness, sociability, and parental support for the college transition were related to loneliness and friendship quality. Furthermore, friendship quality and loneliness were related to depression and anxiety. High levels of shyness, low levels of sociability,…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Shyness, Models
Family and Work Influences on the Transition to College among Latina Adolescents
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Sy, Susan R. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
This study investigates the effect of family obligations and part-time work on Latina adolescents' stress and academic achievement during the transition to college. One hundred seventeen Latina college students from immigrant families completed surveys assessing the mother-daughter relationship, family obligations, work-school conflict, school and…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Correlation, Family Influence, Anxiety
Patterns and Pathways of Educational Achievement across Adolescence: A Holistic-Developmental Perspective
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Roeser, Robert W.; Peck, Stephen C. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
The authors' approach to using pattern-centered analyses and longitudinal data addresses how configurations of personal and contextual factors forecast the educational achievement and attainments of different youth across adolescence. Here, they discuss various types of pattern-centered analyses and provide an empirical illustration of how these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Enrollment