ETHNIC AND RACIAL SIMILARITY IN DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS: A Study of Academic Achievement

David C. Rowe, Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Daniel J. Flannery

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Abstract

Abstract— Correlation matrices were computed on academic achievement and family environment measures using longitudinal data on siblings The 8 × 8 correlation matrices were computed on Hispanics, blacks, and whites separately When compared employing a LISREL method, the matrices were equal across these ethnic‐racial groups Hence, developmental processes influencing academic achievement may be similar in Hispanics, blacks, and whites A structural equation model with four free parameters was fitted successfully to a correlation matrix pooled across groups As a single structural equation model fitted all groups, the existence of minority‐specific developmental processes was not supported

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33-38
Number of pages6
JournalPsychological Science
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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