Mexican-origin Adolescents' Educational Expectation Trajectories: Intersection of Nativity, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status

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dc.contributor.authorPerez-Brena, Norma J.
dc.contributor.authorDelgado, Melissa Y.
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez De Jesus, Sue A.
dc.contributor.authorUpdegraff, Kimberly A.
dc.contributor.authorUmana-Taylor, Adriana J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-03T21:22:14Z
dc.date.available2019-09-03T21:22:14Z
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.description.abstractExpectancy value theory and a cultural-ecological framework are integrated in this study to examine the trajectories of 246 Mexican-origin adolescents' (M age = 12.52, SD age = 0.58; 51% girls, 62% U.S.-born) educational expectations across eight years. Findings from a multilevel growth model revealed that early adolescents expected to complete a post-bachelor's degree, but expectations declined in middle adolescence and improved in late adolescence. This pattern was more pronounced for immigrant, compared to U.S-born, adolescents. Higher socioeconomic status was associated with higher expectations. Boys and girls differed in their trajectories, such that boys showed a curvilinear trajectory and girls showed a stable trajectory. Nativity moderated these sex differences. Immigrant boys showed curvilinear trajectories that dipped in middle adolescence and immigrant girls showed a declining trajectory. In contrast, U.S.-born boys and girls showed linear and stable trajectories. The discussion addresses suggestions for targeted interventions with at-risk subgroups during a sensitive period in adolescence.
dc.description.departmentFamily and Consumer Sciences
dc.description.versionThis is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
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dc.format.extent27 pages
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dc.identifier.citationPerez-Brena, N. J., Delgado, M. Y., Rodríguez De Jesús, S. A., Updegraff, K. A., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2017). Mexican-origin adolescents’ educational expectation trajectories: Intersection of nativity, sex, and socioeconomic status. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 48, pp. 14–24.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2016.11.001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/8588
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceJournal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2017, Vol. 48, pp. 14–24
dc.subjectadolescence
dc.subjecteducational expectations
dc.subjectnativity
dc.subjectsex
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status
dc.subjectMexican-origin
dc.subjectFamily and Consumer Sciences
dc.titleMexican-origin Adolescents' Educational Expectation Trajectories: Intersection of Nativity, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status
dc.typeArticle

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