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Tope-Banjoko, Tiwatope; Davis, Victoria; Morrison, Kara; Fife, John; Hill, Oliver; Talley, Cheryl – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2020
The Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems theory (PVEST) proposes that an individual's identity is formed as a result of the daily life events they experience and their cultural background (McGee & Spencer, 2013; McGee & Spencer, 2012; Spencer, 2011; Spencer et. Al, 2015). PVEST uses a systems-oriented human development…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), College Students, Coping, Grade Point Average
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Wasserberg, Martin J. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2014
This study investigated whether a diagnostic testing condition leads to stereotype threat effects for African American children (n = 198) at an urban elementary school. Results indicated that presenting a reading test as diagnostic of abilities hindered the performance of African American children aware of racial stereotypes but not of those…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Stereotypes, Elementary School Students
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Shin, Richard Q. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2011
This exploratory study examined the relationships between Africentric values, racial/ethnic identity, neighborhood satisfaction, and academic self-efficacy beliefs among 88 African American elementary school children. Results indicated that Africentric values and neighborhood satisfaction were both predictive of academic self-efficacy beliefs.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Neighborhoods, Ethnicity, Self Efficacy