Race, Family Setting, and Adolescent Achievement Orientation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4048646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter R Allen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 230 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Negro Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2984 • E-ISSN: 2167-6437 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2294598 |
| OpenAlex | W2320819035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Social and behavioral scientists have viewed the recent changes in family structure and process with considerable interest. Concern has been expressed about the consequences these changes hold for families of the future. In particular, attention has been focused on the progressively declining role of the family in child socialization. Once the sole repository of functions related to the nurturance, control and education of the young, the family is now responsible for only a limited number of these functions, due to intervention by other agencies and institutions in the society. In spite of the family's increasingly limited role in the socialization process, research continues to show that family related factors account for the majority of variation in adolescent orientations toward achievement.' Clearly, the dynamics of social differentiation in this society have not evolved to the point where other institutions which currently share the responsibilities of child care and socialization have managed to usurp, totally, the family's primacy in these functions. Family setting exerts a powerful influence on the child's values and behaviors for numerous reasons. First, the intensity and scope of a child's relationships and interactions in the family generally
Academic achievement · Achievement Orientation · Developmental psychology · Geometry · Orientation (vector space) · Race (biology) · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
O brotha where art thou?’ Examining the ideological discourses of African American male teachers working with African American male students
Social Science Literature Concerning African American Men
Setting Our Own Agenda
The 'absent Black father' metaphor
Environmental Influences on Adolescent Educational Aspirations
Preludes to Attainment
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2024 (46) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |