Phelps (2007) studied about the influence of partners, parents and peers of African American Youth to their school achievement. When he divided the samples by race he found some difference that each variables influence to the romantic relationship for the Anglo and African American sub-samples. Just like the influence of parenting strategies did not affect the African American students’ engagement in school while for Anglo students; there is an increase in self-reported grades as parental involvement increase.
Moreover, Phelps(2007) also emphasized that parents should know that romantic relationship is not essentially negative for the development of teens but we have to consider the possible outcomes of romantic relationship. A healthy romantic relationship could possibly benefit student’s education through partner’s academic achievement and positive orientation towards education.
As to the part of peers as an influence to academic performance, it was found out that friends’ academic orientation positively affects the academic performance of African Americans while for Anglo’s, academic performance is predicted by peers’ academic orientation and peers’ permissive sex attitudes.
Results showed that romantic partner’s characteristics influenced the academic performance of students.
Source:
Phelps, K. (2007). Partners, Parents, and Peers’ Effects on
African American Youths’ School Achievement (Doctoral dissertation). Graduate College of Bowling Green State University. Retrieved from http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Phelps%20Kenyatta%20D.pdf?bgsu1194313802
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