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Doing better but feeling worse: an attributional account of achievement—self-esteem disparities in Asian American students

Social psychology of education, 2018-09, Vol.21 (4), p.937-949 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Doing better but feeling worse: an attributional account of achievement—self-esteem disparities in Asian American students
Author: Chen, Xiaochen ; Graham, Sandra
Subjects: Academic Ability ; Academic Achievement ; Academic Failure ; African American Students ; Asian American Students ; Asian Americans ; Education ; Endorsements ; Ethnicity ; Grade 8 ; Grade Point Average ; Hispanic American Students ; Junior high school students ; Minority students ; Personality and Social Psychology ; Racial Differences ; Self Esteem ; Sociology of Education ; White Students
Is Part Of: Social psychology of education, 2018-09, Vol.21 (4), p.937-949
Description: Asian American students often report lower self-esteem than their peers from other racial groups even though they are doing better academically. The current study attempted to explore this paradox from an attributional perspective. Academic achievement, self-esteem and attributions for academic failures (i.e., low ability and low effort) were examined in an ethnically diverse sample of 3546 White, Black, Latino, and Asian American 8th grade students ( M age = 14.03 years) from California. Results showed that Asians had the highest grade point average but the lowest self-esteem among the four major racial/ethnic groups. Asians and Latinos also endorsed more low ability attributions than Whites and Blacks. The self-esteem gap between Asians and their White and Black peers was partly explained by more endorsement of low ability attributions. Implications for future research and interventions were discussed.
Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1381-2890
EISSN: 1573-1928
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-018-9447-9
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Doing better but feeling worse: an attributional account of achievement—self-esteem disparities in Asian American students

Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 ;COPYRIGHT 2018 Springer ;Social Psychology of Education is a copyright of Springer, (2018). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 1381-2890 ;EISSN: 1573-1928 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11218-018-9447-9

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