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Unequal academic achievement in high school: the mediating roles of concerted cultivation and close friends.
- Source :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education; Oct2016, Vol. 37 Issue 7, p1034-1055, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Building from the classic Wisconsin model of status attainment, this study examines whether a specific style of parenting, concerted cultivation, and a close friend’s school-related attitudes and behaviors mediate the relationship between a family’s socioeconomic status and their child’s academic achievement in the United States. Using a recursive path model on nationally representative panel data of high school students (N= 10,350), the results confirm a direct association between socioeconomic status and concerted cultivation. In addition, concerted cultivation and close friends are shown to mediate the relationship between a family’s socioeconomic status and their child’s academic achievement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01425692
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118279820
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2015.1013085