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Connecting Self-Esteem and Achievement: Diversity in Academic Identification and Dis-Identification Patterns among Black College Students
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Hope, Elan C.; Chavous, Tabbye M.; Jagers, Robert J.; Sellers, Robert M. – American Educational Research Journal, 2013
Using a person-oriented approach, we explored patterns of self-esteem and achievement among 324 Black college students across the freshman college year and identified four academic identification profiles. Multivariate analyses revealed profile differences in academic and psychological outcomes at beginning and end of freshman year (academic…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Multivariate Analysis
Racial Identity and Academic Achievement in the Neighborhood Context: A Multilevel Analysis
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Byrd, Christy M.; Chavous, Tabbye M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
Increasingly, researchers have found relationships between a strong, positive sense of racial identity and academic achievement among African American youth. Less attention, however, has been given to the roles and functions of racial identity among youth experiencing different social and economic contexts. Using hierarchical linear modeling, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Racial Identification, African Americans, Early Adolescents
Gender Matters, Too: The Influences of School Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity on Academic Engagement Outcomes among African American Adolescents
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Chavous, Tabbye M.; Rivas-Drake, Deborah; Smalls, Ciara; Griffin, Tiffany; Cogburn, Courtney – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The authors examined relationships among racial identity, school-based racial discrimination experiences, and academic engagement outcomes for adolescent boys and girls in Grades 8 and 11 (n = 204 boys and n = 206 girls). The authors found gender differences in peer and classroom discrimination and in the impact of earlier and later discrimination…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Discrimination, Racial Identification, Grade 8
"Say It Loud--I'm Black and I'm Proud": Parents' Messages about Racial Discrimination, and Academic Achievement in African American Boys
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Neblett, Enrique W., Jr.; Chavous, Tabbye M.; Nguyen, Hoa X.; Sellers, Robert M. – Journal of Negro Education, 2009
This study uses two waves of data to examine the relationships among racial socialization, racial discrimination, and academic achievement outcomes in a sample of 144 African American male adolescents. Using latent class analyses, the authors identified four patterns of adolescent-reported racial socialization experiences: Positive Socialization,…
Descriptors: Socialization, Racial Discrimination, Educational Objectives, Academic Persistence
Racial Ideology and Racial Centrality as Predictors of African American College Students' Academic Performance.
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Sellers, Robert M.; Chavous, Tabbye M.; Cooke, Deanna Y. – Journal of Black Psychology, 1998
Focuses on the relationship between racial identity and academic achievement for African American college students. Results with 248 students suggest that racial centrality moderates the relationship between the two so that assimilation and nationalist ideologies are negatively associated with grade point average (GPA) and a minority ideology is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Students
The Relationships among Racial Identity, Perceived Ethnic Fit, and Organizational Involvement for African American Students at a Predominantly White University.
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Chavous, Tabbye M. – Journal of Black Psychology, 2000
Investigated African American students' perceptions of the fit between their ethnic cultures and their predominantly white college environments. Students provided demographic data, described campus organizations in which they participated, and completed surveys on ideology, centrality, and perceived ethnic fit. Both racial ideology and centrality…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences