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How School Norms, Peer Norms, and Discrimination Predict Interethnic Experiences among Ethnic Minority and Majority Youth
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Tropp, Linda R.; O'Brien, Thomas C.; González Gutierrez, Roberto; Valdenegro, Daniel; Migacheva, Katya; de Tezanos-Pinto, Pablo; Berger, Christian; Cayul, Oscar – Child Development, 2016
This research tests how perceived school and peer norms predict interethnic experiences among ethnic minority and majority youth. With studies in Chile (654 nonindigenous and 244 Mapuche students, M = 11.20 and 11.31 years) and the United States (468 non-Hispanic White and 126 Latino students, M = 11.66 and 11.68 years), cross-sectional results…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Group Students, Prediction, Peer Groups
The Home Environments of Children in the United States Part I: Variations by Age, Ethnicity, and Poverty Status.
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Bradley, Robert H.; Corwyn, Robert F.; McAdoo, Harriette Pipes; Coll, Cynthia Garcia – Child Development, 2001
Examined National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data on four versions of HOME-Short Form for four major ethnic groups. Found differences for majority of items between poor and non-poor families. Magnitude of effect for poverty was greater than for ethnicity. For every item at every age, effects of poverty were proportional across European American,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Blacks, Children
Cognitive Performance and Academic Achievement of Japanese, Chinese, and American Children.
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Stevenson, Harold W.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Chinese, Japanese, and American children at grades 1 and 5 were given a battery of 10 cognitive tasks and tests of achievement in reading and mathematics. Goals were to determine (1) possible differences in cognitive abilities and (2) the possible differential relation of scores on cognitive tasks to reading by children of the three cultures.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
The Home Environments of Children in the United States Part II: Relations with Behavioral Development through Age Thirteen.
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Bradley, Robert H.; Corwyn, Robert F.; Burchinal, Margaret; McAdoo, Harriette Pipes; Coll, Cynthia Garcia – Child Development, 2001
Examined frequency with which children were exposed to various parental actions, materials, events, and conditions as part of their home environments, and how these exposures related to well-being. Found the most consistent relations between learning stimulation and children's developmental status, with relations for parental responsiveness and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Child Development