Optimism and Obstacles: Racialized Constraints in College Attitudes and Expectations among Teens of the Prison Boom

Autor/inn/en	Haskins, Anna R.; Jacobsen, Wade C.; Mittleman, Joel
Titel	Optimism and Obstacles: Racialized Constraints in College Attitudes and Expectations among Teens of the Prison Boom
Quelle	In: Sociology of Education, 96 (2023) 3, S.211-233 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Haskins, Anna R.) ORCID (Jacobsen, Wade C.) ORCID (Mittleman, Joel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0038-0407
DOI	10.1177/00380407231167412
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Adolescent Attitudes; Fathers; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Psychological Patterns; College Graduates; School Attitudes; Expectation; Graduation Rate; Blacks; African American Students; Positive Attitudes; Barriers; Racial Factors; Disadvantaged; Parent Child Relationship; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Jugendstrafvollzug; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Expectancy; Erwartung; Black person; Schwarzer; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Using data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we estimate associations of paternal incarceration with three measures of teens' attitudes and expectations: (1) optimism about the future, (2) perceived importance of college graduation, and (3) perceived likelihood of college graduation. Results suggest that whereas optimism toward the future and the importance of college are resilient in the face of paternal incarceration, teens' expectations of actual college completion are reduced, particularly for Black youth. An examination of micro-, meso-, and macro-level mechanisms suggests that early consequences of paternal incarceration influence perceptions of future educational trajectories. Our findings point to the complexity of contemporary teens' college-related attitudes in the wake of the prison boom. Signs of optimism surfaced, yet obstacles associated with paternal incarceration represent a type of racialized constraint. An updating of the educational expectations literature is needed to account for the racialized nature of the era of mass incarceration in the United States. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01