Peer Racial Discrimination, Temperament and Academics among Black Adolescents
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Volpe, Vanessa Victoria
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
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- The present study examined the role of peer perceptions of racial discrimination on academic self-concept. The sample (N=277) was drawn from a larger study (Seaton, 2013) of 314 African American adolescents aged 13 to 18. Effortful control was examined as a moderator in this relation. Results suggest that perceptions of peer racial discrimination do not significantly impact adolescents' academic self-concept. Effortful control was not a significant moderator in the relation between perceptions of peer racial discrimination and academic self-concept. However, a direct effect was observed such that effortful control significantly predicted academic self-concept. Results suggest the importance of individual differences in the development of effortful control capacities for African American adolescents' academic success.
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- May 2013
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- Seaton, Eleanor K.
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- Master of Arts
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- 2013
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