ERIC Number: EJ1399178
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
EISSN: EISSN-1939-0599
Daily Associations between Adolescents' Executive Function and School Engagement: The Role of Ethnic/Racial Discrimination
Wang, Yijie; Chen, Mingzhang; Zhang, Youchuan; Chen, Yulu
Developmental Psychology, v59 n11 p2037-2049 2023
Executive function (EF) has rarely been considered for adolescents' daily school outcomes or in conjunction with ethnic/racial discrimination. Using 2-week, daily data from 137 ethnic/racial minority adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14.56; 53% female; 56% Black, 19% Latinx, 7% Asian, 7% Native, 12% other [e.g., multiracial]) in the Midwest United States, this study examined same-day, within-person associations between EF and school engagement (controlling for prior-day engagement), and how these associations varied by adolescents' daily experiences of ethnic/racial discrimination. Two EF components, inhibitory control and working memory, were associated with higher levels of school engagement on the same day, only on days when adolescents reported lower than their typical levels of discrimination. An alternative, indirect effect (i.e., discrimination compromised same-day school engagement via EF) was not observed. Findings highlight novel mechanisms through which discrimination may contribute to educational disparities.
Descriptors: Executive Function, Adolescents, Learner Engagement, Racism, Ethnicity, Minority Group Students, Correlation, Student Experience, Self Control, Inhibition, Short Term Memory, Grade 9, Urban Schools
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Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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