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Peer reviewedPlybon, Laura E.; Edwards, Lorraine; Butler, Deborah; Belgrave, Faye Z.; Allison, Kevin W. – Journal of Black Psychology, 2003
Collected data from 84 urban, female African American middle school students to investigate neighborhood cohesion and parent and adult social support coping, singly and cooperatively, as resources for school achievement outcomes. Positive perceptions of the neighborhood directly and positively related to increased feelings of school self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Coping, Early Adolescents
Download full textMarcon, Rebecca A. – 1997
The Erikson Psychosocial Inventory (EPSI) (Rosenthal, Gurney, and Moore, 1981) was introduced into a longitudinal study of 234 previously studied inner-city children as they were scheduled to make the transition from elementary to junior high school. Compared to the EPSI original Australian sample, inner-city African American 12- and 13-year-olds…
Descriptors: Black Students, Child Development, Early Adolescents, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDeCarlo, Alonzo – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 2001
Describes a study in which young, urban African American adolescents with behavior problems participated in weekly group sessions that used rap music to promote the development of appropriate social skills related to morality, identity, judgement, decision making, anger management, impulse control, and crime and punishment. Overall, student…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Black Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Early Adolescents
Peer reviewedSeyfried, Sherri F.; Ick-Joong Chung – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2002
A study examined the effects of parent involvement and expectations on academic achievement among 567 Black and White middle school students in 18 Seattle (Washington) schools. Parent and teacher surveys indicated that parental involvement was the highest contributor to academic achievement among White students, whereas earlier educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Early Adolescents, Low Income
Kusimo, Patricia S. – 1997
This paper examines the interests, perceptions, and participation of 16 African American girls in a program designed to improve girls' persistence in science, mathematics, and technology (SMT). The girls are among 33 African American and 73 total original participants in "Rural and Urban Images: Voices of Girls in Science, Mathematics, and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Exploration, Early Adolescents, Educational Attitudes
Marcon, Rebecca A. – 1999
Using the Scale of Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Orientation in the Classroom (S. Harter, 1980) and the Self-Perception Profile for Children (S. Harter, 1985), this study of 222 urban early adolescents (median age=149 months) examined differences in motivation that might affect academic achievement and perceptions of competence. Socioeconomic status…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Competence, Demography
