The Family Structure Trajectory and Adolescent School Performance: Differential Effects by Race and Ethnicity

Autor/in	Heard, Holly E.
Titel	The Family Structure Trajectory and Adolescent School Performance: Differential Effects by Race and Ethnicity
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 28 (2007) 3, S.319-354 (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X06296307
Schlagwörter	Grade Point Average; Family Structure; Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Family Influence; Longitudinal Studies; Family Relationship; White Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Comparative Analysis; Racial Differences; One Parent Family; Stress Variables; Social Support Groups; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Rassenunterschied; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung
Abstract	The question of whether family structure consequences on school achievement are the same across racial and ethnic groups is examined using longitudinal data on 10,606 teens from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Based on life course theory, this article uses indicators of the family structure trajectory, such as family structure duration in adolescence and the number and timing of family changes, to predict self-reported grade point average (GPA) and to examine differences in effects among non-Hispanic White, Black, and Hispanic adolescents. Results show that the negative effects of time lived with a single mother and nonparents are reduced for Black and Hispanic adolescents, whereas having a recent family change leads to a larger drop in GPA for Blacks. Racial variation in stress, social support, and school functioning explain most race differences. For minority adolescents, negative consequences of family structure are largely attenuated by race-specific social supports and educational advantages. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10