ERIC Number: EJ1426125
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0044-118X
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8499
The Adolescent Self-System and Academic Achievement: Youth Predictors of College Enrollment
Audrey Conway Roberts; Margaret Zoller Booth; Emily T Creamer
Youth & Society, v56 n5 p834-860 2024
This study takes a social cognitive approach in examining the relationship between elements of the adolescent self-system (self-efficacy, self-esteem, ethnic-racial identity, and hope) in addition to state-mandated graduation tests, with students' later participation in higher education. The quantitative investigation of 733 tenth-grade White (462) and Ethnically Minoritized (271) students and a sub-sample of 29 qualitatively studied adolescents in a semi-rural town in Ohio used a concurrent mixed-methods longitudinal approach. A logistic regression analysis found only adolescent math scores positively predicted later enrollment in higher education; but self-efficacy negatively predicted later college enrollment. Triangulation of additional analyses, including t-tests, and in-depth interviews, suggest how perceptions of the self-system may differ among White and Ethnically Minoritized populations. These differences may be influenced by the degree to which youth pay attention to academic success as a contributing factor to their own self-analysis of their self-system.
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Grade 10, Self Efficacy, Self Concept, Race, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Ethnicity, College Enrollment, Predictor Variables, Exit Examinations, College Bound Students, Longitudinal Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 10; High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH); Spencer Foundation
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
Grant or Contract Numbers: P2CHD050959; 201500119