TY - JOUR
T1 - Culture-based perceptions of academic achievement among low-income elementary students
AU - Boykin, A. Wade
AU - Albury, Aretha
AU - Tyler, Kenneth M.
AU - Hurley, Eric A.
AU - Bailey, Caryn T.
AU - Miller, Oronde A.
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - This study examined the influence of culture on students' perceptions of academic success. Students read scenarios depicting hypothetical classmates achieving success through the cultural themes of individualism, competition, communalism, or verve. Students reported their social endorsement for the hypothetical classmates. A 2 x 4 repeated measures analysis, examining the effects of cultural group and cultural theme on students' endorsement, revealed an interaction between the two variables. African American students were significantly more accepting of communal and vervistic high-achieving peers than European American students. European American students endorsed individualistic and competitive high achievers significantly more than African American students. These and other findings suggest that the value students attach to academic success should not be understood in the absence of cultural considerations.
AB - This study examined the influence of culture on students' perceptions of academic success. Students read scenarios depicting hypothetical classmates achieving success through the cultural themes of individualism, competition, communalism, or verve. Students reported their social endorsement for the hypothetical classmates. A 2 x 4 repeated measures analysis, examining the effects of cultural group and cultural theme on students' endorsement, revealed an interaction between the two variables. African American students were significantly more accepting of communal and vervistic high-achieving peers than European American students. European American students endorsed individualistic and competitive high achievers significantly more than African American students. These and other findings suggest that the value students attach to academic success should not be understood in the absence of cultural considerations.
KW - African American academic achievement
KW - Communalism
KW - Cultural orientation
KW - Culture
KW - Individualism
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U2 - 10.1037/1099-9809.11.4.339
DO - 10.1037/1099-9809.11.4.339
M3 - Article
C2 - 16478353
AN - SCOPUS:33646463838
SN - 1099-9809
VL - 11
SP - 339
EP - 350
JO - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
JF - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
IS - 4
ER -