Shared Agency with Parents for Educational Goals: Ethnic Differences and Implications for College Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Chang, Esther S.; Heckhausen, Jutta; Greenberger, Ellen; Chen, Chuansheng
Titel	Shared Agency with Parents for Educational Goals: Ethnic Differences and Implications for College Adjustment
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 (2010) 11, S.1293-1304 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9488-7
Schlagwörter	College Students; Pacific Islanders; Youth; Asian Americans; Goal Orientation; Academic Aspiration; Whites; Comparative Analysis; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Aspiration; Student Adjustment; Correlation; Mediation Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; White; Weißer; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternwille; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Korrelation; Mediationsverfahren
Abstract	This study proposed and confirmed three ways in which college students can perceive "shared" agency and two ways in which they can perceive "non-shared" agency with parents when pursuing educational goals in college. Differences and similarities were examined among participants from four ethnic backgrounds (N = 515; 67% female): East Asian American, Southeast Asian American, Filipino/Pacific Islander American, and European American. Results indicated that Asian American youth reported higher levels of non-shared agency with parents (i.e., parental directing and noninvolvement), lower levels of shared agency (i.e., parental accommodation, support, or collaboration), and poorer college adjustment compared to European Americans. However, ethnic similarities were found whereby perceived shared agency in education with parents was associated with college adjustment. Multiple mediation analyses also indicated that our model of shared and non-shared agency with parents explained differences in college adjustment between Asian and European Americans, though more strongly for comparisons between European and East Asian Americans. Our results suggest that parents continue to be important in the education of older youth but that continued directing of youth's education in college can be maladaptive. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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