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Safa, M. Dalal; Gusman, Michaela S.; Doane, Leah D. – Child Development, 2022
Abstract This study investigated the association between bicultural competence and academic adjustment (i.e., engagement, efficacy, achievement) among 193 Latino youth (65.3% female; 89.1% U.S.-born) followed from their senior high school year (M[subscript age] = 17.58 years, SD = 0.53) to their fifth college semester (2016-2019). Latent growth…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Competence, Adjustment (to Environment), Hispanic American Students
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Chapman, Michael – Child Development, 1977
The effects of father absence and stepfathers on cognitive performance were assessed using the Embedded Figures Test and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores of 96 college students. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, College Students, Family Environment, Fatherless Family
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Weiss, Laura H.; Schwarz, J. Conrad – Child Development, 1996
Examined the relations between parents' child-rearing style and their older adolescent children's behavior with a sample of 178 college students and their families. Found that students from Nondirective homes had significantly higher SAT scores than students from Authoritarian-Directive and Democratic homes. Students from Unengaged homes had the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Classification