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Friends, Family, and Neighborhood: Understanding Academic Outcomes of African American Youth

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This study examines the relationship between academic performance and a number of contextual factors for African American freshmen in an urban setting. Living arrangements, relatives and friends’ religiosity, exposure to academic success, and neighborhood perceptions were analyzed to investigate their impact on intention to complete school, grade point average (GPA), and number of suspensions. Results indicate that gender, church attendance by peers, and percentage of relatives completing high school were significant in predicting positive academic outcomes. Perception of neighborhood deterioration was inversely related to intention for school completion and GPA. School suspensions were positively related to perception of neighborhood deterioration. Implications for interventions are discussed.

Source: Urban Education

DOI: 10.1177/004208502128847423

Authors: Trina R. Williams, Larry E. Davis, Julie Miller Cribbs, Jeanne Saunders, James Herbert Williams

Institutions: Washington University in St. Louis, University of South Carolina, University of Pittsburgh, University of Iowa

Language: English

Topic: Higher Education Research Studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4239964707

FWCI: 2.029

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Cited by: 7

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