Title of article :
Generational patterns in Mexican Americansʹ academic performance in an unwelcoming political context
Author/Authors :
Moosmann، نويسنده , , Danyel A.V. and Roosa، نويسنده , , Mark W. and Knight، نويسنده , , George P.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
Abstract :
Research has shown that immigrant students often do better academically than their U.S.-born peers from the same ethnic group, but it is unclear whether this pattern holds for Mexican Americans. We examined the academic performance of four generations of Mexican American students from 5th to 10th grade looking for generation differences and explanations for them. Using data from 749 families, we tested a model with 5th-grade variables that differed by generation as potential mediators linking student generation to 10th-grade academic performance. Results showed that immigrants were academically behind at 5th grade but caught up by 7th. Only economic hardship mediated the long term relation between student generation and 10th-grade academic performance; maternal educational expectations and child language hassles, English usage, discrimination, and mainstream values helped explained the early academic deficit of immigrant children. The results identified potential targets for interventions to improve Mexican American studentsʹ academic performance.
Keywords :
Academic performance , Discrimination , English usage , Economic hardship , Mexican Americans , Values
Journal title :
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Journal title :
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology