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Peer Relations and Socioeconomic Status and Inequality
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Bukowski, William M.; Dirks, Melanie; Persram, Ryan J.; Wright, Leah; Infantino, Erika – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
Although peer relations are recognized as a fundamental developmental context, they have been rarely studied as a means of understanding the effects of socioeconomic status and inequality. In this paper, we show how and why peer relations provide a unique and powerful opportunity to assess the differential risks and resources available in the peer…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Socioeconomic Status, Social Differences, Risk
Breaking Barriers or Locked Out? Class-Based Perceptions and Experiences of Postsecondary Education
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Aronson, Pamela – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
This article provides an overview of objective and subjective class differences in experiences of postsecondary education. Using the metaphor of a funnel, it argues that cumulative disadvantage results when first-generation and low-income college students are disproportionately filtered out at each stage of the postsecondary education process.…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, College Students, Postsecondary Education
Studying Gender and Ethnic Differences in Participation in Math, Physical Science, and Information Technology
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Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
This chapter describes the history of the Eccles et al. Expectancy Value Model and research on the influence of social and psychological factors on gender and ethnic differences in math, science, and information technology choices. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Information Technology, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences