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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 6/2018

16-02-2018 | Empirical Research

Friends in Activities, School-related Affect, and Academic Outcomes in Diverse Middle Schools

Auteurs: Casey A. Knifsend, Daisy E. Camacho-Thompson, Jaana Juvonen, Sandra Graham

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 6/2018

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Abstract

Participating in school-based activities is linked to positive academic engagement and achievement, but less is known about how peer relationships within activities affect these outcomes. The current study examined friends in extracurricular activities as a predictor of academic outcomes in multiethnic middle schools in California. Specifically, the mediating role of school belonging, and interactions by ethnicity and type of activity, were examined in a sample including African American or Black, East or Southeast Asian, White, and Latino youth in extracurricular activities (N = 2268; Mage = 13.36 in eighth grade; 54% female). The results of multilevel mediational models suggested that school belonging mediated the link between friends in activities and academic outcomes, and these findings replicated across groups based on ethnicity and the type of activity in which one was involved in general. These results are discussed in terms of how activities can be structured to promote positive peer relations in ways that are linked with academic engagement and achievement.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Friends in Activities, School-related Affect, and Academic Outcomes in Diverse Middle Schools
Auteurs
Casey A. Knifsend
Daisy E. Camacho-Thompson
Jaana Juvonen
Sandra Graham
Publicatiedatum
16-02-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0817-6

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