Along for the Ride: Best Friends' Resources and Adolescents' College Completion

Autor/inn/en	Cherng, Hua-Yu Sebastian; Calarco, Jessica McCrory; Kao, Grace
Titel	Along for the Ride: Best Friends' Resources and Adolescents' College Completion
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 50 (2013) 1, S.76-106 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831212466689
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Social Capital; Friendship; Comparative Analysis; College Graduates; Graduation; Family Income; Mothers; Parent Influence; Cultural Influences; Grade Point Average; Peer Influence; Secondary School Students; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sozialkapital; Freundschaft; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Abschluss; Graduierung; Familieneinkommen; Mother; Mutter; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sekundarschüler; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Research on social capital in education rarely considers how the resources students can access through their friendships affect educational outcomes later in life. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we explore how having resource-rich best friends impacts adolescents' college completion. We compare the influence of friends' material and cultural resources and their effects relative to adolescents' family resources. We find that having a best friend with a college-educated mother significantly increases the likelihood of college completion, though having a best friend whose parents are high income does not. This positive effect of best friends' cultural resources is not explained fully by school achievement or by the expectations of respondents, best friends, or parents. We conclude that adolescent friendships are an underrecognized source of social capital. (Contains 5 tables and 14 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10