Unraveling the race paradox of achievement and self-views |
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Authors: | Collette P Eccleston Joshua M Smyth Leonard M Lopoo |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA;; |
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Abstract: | Considerable evidence indicates that African American students achieve less academically than European American students.
Yet, African American students hold more positive self-views than their European American counterparts. Previous studies that
address these seemingly paradoxical findings focus on students in a relatively narrow age range and/or convenience samples.
Therefore, the current study examines two common explanations for these seemingly paradoxical findings, among a large and
diverse sample of African American and European American students (N = 1, 493) from elementary to post-secondary school and across the socioeconomic spectrum. Results indicate that among a diverse
group of students and conceptualized in two different ways, African American students do not devalue academics. However, African
American students are more likely than European American students to discount academic feedback. |
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