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African Americans' Educational Expectations: Longitudinal Causal Models for Women and Men
Author(s) -
Trusty Jerry
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00198.x
Subject(s) - path analysis (statistics) , longitudinal study , psychology , causal model , variables , instrumental variable , african american , developmental psychology , sample (material) , longitudinal sample , demography , gerontology , medicine , econometrics , sociology , statistics , mathematics , chromatography , pathology , ethnology , chemistry
The long‐term educational development of African American adolescents was investigated using a national longitudinal sample. The dependent variable was the highest level of education that participants ever expected to achieve. These expectations were assessed when participants were 2 years beyond high school. Background variables and family variables were assessed when students were in the 8th grade. High school behavior variables were assessed when students were high school seniors. Path models revealed differing processes for women and men. Overall, effects of early academic performance variables were strongest, followed by effects of family variables and high school behavior variables. Implications for theory and practice are included.