Racial Differences in the Effects of Significant Others on Students' Educational Expectations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2580949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Cheng (0000-0002-6304-0259, Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author), Brian Starks (0000-0002-7872-0935, Indiana University Bloomington) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 306 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3090281 |
| OpenAlex | W2034926542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 119 |
| References cited | 48 |
This study compares the impact of the educational aspirations of parents, teachers, close relatives, and peers on students' educational expectations across various racial groups. Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, the authors found that both the levels of significant others' aspirations and the effects of these aspirations vary by students' racial statuses and types of significant others. First, Asian, Hispanic, and African American parents tend to hold higher educational aspirations for their children than do white parents, but the relative influences of Asian and Hispanic mothers and African American fathers on students' educational expectations are smaller than those of their white counterparts. Second, the aspirations of close relatives have greater effects on African American and Hispanic American students' educational expectations. Third, although teachers and friends vary in their aspirations for students, depending on their race, the effects of these aspirations are similar for all racial groups. The results suggest different processes through which familial significant others and other socializing agents influence the educational attitudes of students across racial groups
Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · Educational research · Ethnic group · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Race (biology) · Racial bias · Racial differences · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
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