RT Article
T1 The Influence of Parents, Peer Delinquency, and School Attitudes on Academic Achievement in Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and Vietnamese Youth
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 51
IS 2
SP 238
OP 264
A1 Chang, Janet
A2 Le, Thao N.
LA Undetermined
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1526125153
AB Past research on academic achievement has tended to overlook the diversity among Asian American groups and the educational and socioeconomic difficulties that many Asians, particularly Southeast Asians, face. The present study addressed several short- comings of past research by contrasting parent attachment and discipline, peer delinquency, and school attitudes as predictors of self-reported grade point average in 329 Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and Vietnamese youth. Results revealed that parental factors generally did not contribute much explanatory power and that school attitudes may mediate the relationship between peer delinquency and academic achievement. Interventions aimed at promoting positive adjustment and school outcomes should focus on the role of delinquent peer affiliations and youth's attitudes toward school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
K1 Eltern
K1 Schule
K1 Gleichaltrige
K1 Delinquenz
K1 Einflussfaktoren
DO 10.1177/0011128704273469