Research article summary (published 29 Nov 2006):

Relationship of sociocultural factors and academic self-esteem to school grades and school disengagement in North African French adolescents.

Full Abstract

The present study was designed to provide an integrated understanding of school grades and psychological disengagement among ethnic minority students. For that purpose, perceived parental involvement, acculturation orientations, and ethnic identity were simultaneously investigated in order to discover their respective contribution to grades among these students. Additionally, it was tested whether academic self-esteem mediated the relationship between grades and psychological disengagement. North African French junior high-school students completed a questionnaire assessing their ethnic identity, acculturation orientations, perceptions of parental involvement, academic self-esteem and trend toward the devaluing and discounting facets of psychological disengagement. Their grades in the main courses were obtained from the school records. Although perceived parental involvement displayed the strongest contribution to grades, acculturation orientations and ethnic identity still predicted grades, after controlling for parental involvement. Academic self-esteem mediated the influence of grades on both facets of disengagement, while this pattern was less clear for the devaluing process.

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Author information

Author/s: Régner, Isabelle (I); Loose, Florence (F);

Affiliation: Université Toulouse Le Mirail, DSVP, Maison de la Recherche, 5 Allies Antonio Machado, 31058, France. regner(-atsign-)univ-tlse2.fr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The British journal of social psychology / the British Psychological Society (Br J Soc Psychol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Dec; vol 45 (issue Pt 4) : pp 777-97

Dates: Created 2007/03/30; Completed 2007/05/01;

PMID: 17393880, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Acculturation Achievement Adolescent Africa, Northern - ethnology Culture Educational Status Female

France Humans Male Psychology Questionnaires Schools Self Concept

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