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Multiple Pathways of Integration: Acculturative Change and Associations with School Adjustment in Immigrant-Origin Adolescents
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Hillekens, Jessie; Baysu, Gülseli; Phalet, Karen – Child Development, 2023
Tracing developmental pathways of immigrant-origin adolescents, this 3-year longitudinal study (2012-2015) examined within-person changes in cultural orientations and their consequences for school adjustment. Multivariate latent growth mixture modeling confirmed multiple pathways of integration, revealing variable acculturative changes along dual…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Student Adjustment, Immigrants, Longitudinal Studies
Preschool Verbal and Nonverbal Ability Mediate the Association between Socioeconomic Status and School Performance
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Stumm, Sophie; Rimfeld, Kaili; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Child Development, 2020
We compared the extent to which the long-term influence of family socioeconomic status (SES) on children's school performance from age 7 through 16 years was mediated by their preschool verbal and nonverbal ability. In 661 British children, who completed 17 researcher-administered ability tests at age 4.5 years, SES correlated more strongly with…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Socioeconomic Status, Verbal Ability, Academic Achievement
How Diversity Approaches Affect Ethnic Minority and Majority Adolescents: Teacher-Student Relationship Trajectories and School Outcomes
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Baysu, Gülseli; Hillekens, Jessie; Phalet, Karen; Deaux, Kay – Child Development, 2021
This study aimed to relate school diversity approaches to continuity and change in teacher-student relationships, comparing Belgian-majority (N = 1,875, M[subscript age] = 14.56) and Turkish and Moroccan-minority adolescents (N = 1,445, M[subscript age] = 15.07). Latent-Growth-Mixture-Models of student-reported teacher support and rejection over…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Age Groups, Outcomes of Education, Teacher Student Relationship
The Longitudinal Association between Competitive Video Game Play and Aggression among Adolescents and Young Adults
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Adachi, Paul J. C.; Willoughby, Teena – Child Development, 2016
The longitudinal association between competitive video game play and aggression among young adults and adolescents was examined. Young adults (N = 1,132; M[subscript age] = 19 years) were surveyed annually over 4 years about their video game play and aggression, and data from a 4-year longitudinal study of adolescents (N = 1,492; M[subscript…
Descriptors: Video Games, Play, Competition, Longitudinal Studies
Natural Mentors, Racial Identity, and Educational Attainment among African American Adolescents: Exploring Pathways to Success
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Hurd, Noelle M.; Sanchez, Bernadette; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Caldwell, Cleopatra H. – Child Development, 2012
The present study explored how relationships with natural mentors may contribute to African American adolescents' long-term educational attainment by influencing adolescents' racial identity and academic beliefs. This study included 541 academically at-risk African American adolescents transitioning into adulthood. The mean age of participants at…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adolescents, Racial Identification, Mentors