1. Mental health and the academic performance of first nations and majority-culture children.
- Author
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Beiser M, Sack W, Manson SM, Redshirt R, and Dion R
- Subjects
- Canada epidemiology, Caregivers psychology, Child, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Depression ethnology, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Psychometrics, Sampling Studies, Social Adjustment, Statistics as Topic, Teaching, United States epidemiology, Verbal Behavior, Wechsler Scales, White People psychology, Acculturation, Achievement, Indians, North American psychology, Mental Health, Self-Assessment
- Abstract
Prior classroom achievement and verbal IQ are identified as predictors of school performance for both Native and non-Native youngsters. Children's assessments of their competence, which appear to be, in part, a product of interactions with teachers, were found to be independent predictors of classroom performance. Results suggest that verbal IQ and compromised self-assessments contribute to the difficulties many Native children experience in majority-culture schools.
- Published
- 1998
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