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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 4/2007

01-05-2007 | Original Paper

Gender Differences in the Educational Expectations of Urban, Low-Income African American Youth: The Role of Parents and the School

Auteurs: Dana Wood, Rachel Kaplan, Vonnie C. McLoyd

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 4/2007

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Abstract

This study examined how youths’ gender is related to the educational expectations of urban, low-income African American youth, their parents, and their teachers. As predicted, African American boys (ages 9–16) reported lower expectations for future educational attainment than did their female counterparts. Parents and teachers also reported lower expectations for African American boys (ages 6–16) than for girls. These findings held even when controlling for academic achievement. Contrary to predictions, the magnitude of the difference in expectations for males vs. females did not increase as a function of youths’ age. In keeping with our hypotheses, parental expectations fully mediated the relation between youths’ gender and youths’ expectations. Finally, certain school-based factors (i.e., positive teacher expectations and positive youth perceptions of the school environment) appeared to protect youths’ expectations from the deleterious impact of low parental expectations.
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Household structure was coded in this manner because prior research shows that, among African Americans, never-married women living in concentrated areas of poverty suffer greater economic hardship than women in all other household structure categories (e.g., Franklin et al., 1995).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Gender Differences in the Educational Expectations of Urban, Low-Income African American Youth: The Role of Parents and the School
Auteurs
Dana Wood
Rachel Kaplan
Vonnie C. McLoyd
Publicatiedatum
01-05-2007
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9186-2

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