NDLI: Adolescents’ Educational Outcomes: Racial and Ethnic Variations in Peer Network Importance

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Author	Goza, Franklin Ryabov, Igor
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Little attention has been paid to the role of peer social capital in the school context, especially as a predictor of adolescents’ academic outcomes. This study uses a nationally representative (N = 13,738, female = 51%), longitudinal sample and multilevel models to examine how peer networks impact educational achievement and attainment. Results reveal that, in addition to those factors typically associated with academic outcomes (e.g., school composition), two individual-level peer network measures, SES and heterogeneity, had significant effects. Although educational attainment was generally worse in low SES schools, for all ethnic groups higher attainment was associated with attending schools with higher concentrations of minority students. At the individual level, however, membership in integrated peer networks was negatively related to high school graduation for Asians, Latinos, and non-Hispanic whites, and to GPA for Asians and Latinos, as only African-American achievement increased in more racially/ethnically heterogeneous peer networks. Our results suggest that co-ethnic and co-racial peer friendship networks should not be viewed as obstacles to the educational accomplishments of today’s youth. In fact, in many cases the opposite was true, as results generally support the ethnic social capital hypothesis while providing little corroboration for oppositional culture theory. Results also suggest that co-racial and co-ethnic ties may mediate the negative effects of school choice, or more specifically of between-school socioeconomic segregation. Consequently, we conclude that school policies aimed at socioeconomic desegregation are likely to beneficially affect the academic outcomes of all race/ethnic groups.
Starting Page	1264
Ending Page	1279
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00472891
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	9
e-ISSN	15736601
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-06-03
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Adolescents Educational achievement Educational attainment Racial variations Peer networks Minority status High school activities Add health Psychology History of Psychology Law and Psychology Health Psychology Clinical Psychology Child and School Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology

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