Socioeconomic Stress and Academic Adjustment among Asian American Adolescents: The Protective Role of Family Obligation

Autor/inn/en	Kiang, Lisa; Andrews, Kandace; Stein, Gabriela L.; Supple, Andrew J.; Gonzalez, Laura M.
Titel	Socioeconomic Stress and Academic Adjustment among Asian American Adolescents: The Protective Role of Family Obligation
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42 (2013) 6, S.837-847 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-013-9916-6
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Academic Aspiration; Grade Point Average; Adolescents; Asian Americans; Family Income; Socioeconomic Status; At Risk Persons; Role; Student Adjustment; Family Relationship; High School Students; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Familieneinkommen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Risikogruppe; Rollen; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Korrelation
Abstract	Socioeconomic stress has long been found to place youth at risk, with low family income conferring disadvantages in adolescents' school achievement and success. This study investigates the role of socioeconomic stress on academic adjustment, and pinpoints family obligation as a possible buffer of negative associations. We examined direct and interactive effects at two time points in the same sample of Asian American adolescents--early high school (N = 180 9th-10th graders; 60% female) and 2 years later in late high school (N = 156 11th-12th graders; 87% of original sample). Results suggest that socioeconomic stress is indeed associated with poor academic adjustment, measured broadly through self-reported GPA, importance of academic success, and educational aspirations and expectations. Family obligation was positively related to adjustment, and also was found to buffer the negative effects of socioeconomic stress, but only during adolescents' later high school years. Adolescents reporting more family obligation experienced less of the negative effects of financial stress on academic outcomes than those reporting lower obligation. Cultural and developmental implications are discussed in light of these direct and moderating effects. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10