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Autor/in | Mackinnon, Sean P. |
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Titel | Perceived Social Support and Academic Achievement: Cross-Lagged Panel and Bivariate Growth Curve Analyses |
Quelle | In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41 (2012) 4, S.474-485 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0047-2891 |
DOI | 10.1007/s10964-011-9691-1 |
Schlagwörter | High School Students; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Inferences; Social Support Groups; Correlation; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Longitudinal Studies; Postsecondary Education; Predictor Variables; Adolescents; Canada High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulleistung; Ausland; Inference; Inferenz; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Korrelation; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Prädiktor; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kanada |
Abstract | As students transition to post-secondary education, they experience considerable stress and declines in academic performance. Perceived social support is thought to improve academic achievement by reducing stress. Longitudinal designs with three or more waves are needed in this area because they permit stronger causal inferences and help disentangle the direction of relationships. This study uses a cross-lagged panel and a bivariate growth curve analysis with a three-wave longitudinal design. Participants include 10,445 students (56% female; 12.6% born outside of Canada) transitioning to post-secondary education from ages 15-19. Self-report measures of academic achievement and a generalized measure of perceived social support were used. An increase in average relative standing in academic achievement predicted an increase in average relative standing on perceived social support 2 years later, but the reverse was not true. High levels of perceived social support at age 15 did not protect against declines in academic achievement over time. In sum, perceived social support appears to have no bearing on adolescents' future academic performance, despite commonly held assumptions of its importance. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |