scholarly journals The Role of Cognitive Stimulation in the Home and Maternal Responses to Low Grades in Low-Income African American Adolescents’ Academic Achievement

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1043-1056
Author(s):  
Cecily R. Hardaway ◽  
Emma M. Sterrett-Hong ◽  
Natacha M. De Genna ◽  
Marie D. Cornelius
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
African American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Cognitive Stimulation ◽  
Maternal Responses

Resilience in Urban African American Adolescents: The Protective Enhancing Effects of Neighborhood, Family, and School Cohesion Following Violence Exposure

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1286-1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara M. DiClemente ◽  
Catherine M. Rice ◽  
Dakari Quimby ◽  
Maryse H. Richards ◽  
Cordelia T. Grimes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
School Cohesion ◽  
External Characteristics

Exposure to violence (ETV) poses a serious threat to adolescents’ safety and well-being; however, some adolescents who grow up in such toxic environments are able to thrive due to a combination of internal and external characteristics. The current study examines the role of cohesion across contexts (i.e., family, school, and community) as moderating the relation between ETV and positive internal outcomes characteristic of resilient youth (i.e., ethnic identity, positive affect, and self-esteem) in a sample of low-income, urban, African American adolescents ( N = 269, 60% female) from seventh grade to eighth grade. Results indicated that greater cohesion in each context was directly related to more positive outcomes. Family and neighborhood cohesion additionally served as protective enhancing factors for males exposed to high levels of violence. These findings expand the current research on positive youth development and help locate potential environmental targets for prevention and intervention research.

The Relationship Between Violence Exposure and Academic Achievement in African American Adolescents Is Moderated by Emotion Regulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinetra L. King ◽  
Sylvie Mrug
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
African American ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Low Income ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Exposure To Community Violence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Compared with other ethnic groups, African American adolescents are exposed to higher levels of family and community violence, which contribute to poorer academic achievement. This study examines whether emotion regulation moderates the effects of exposure to family and community violence on academic achievement among low-income African American adolescents. Eighty African American adolescents ([Formula: see text] age 12.89 years, 50% male) reported on their exposure to violence. Emotion regulation was obtained from parent reports and academic achievement was assessed with grades in core academic subjects at baseline and 2 years later. Results revealed that witnessing home violence predicted poorer achievement over time, as did exposure to community violence for youth with poor emotion regulation. Thus, well-developed emotion regulation skills may protect African American adolescents from the negative effects of witnessing community violence on academic achievement.

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