Citation

Chang J, Le TN. Crime Delinq. 2005; 51(2): 238-264.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Past research on academic achievement has tended to overlook the diversity among Asian American groups and the educational and socioeconomic difficulties that many Asians, particularly Southeast Asians, face. The present study addressed several shortcomings of past research by contrasting parent attachment and discipline, peer delinquency, and school attitudes as predictors of self-reported grade point average in 329 Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and Vietnamese youth. Results revealed that parental factors generally did not contribute much explanatory power and that school attitudes may mediate the relationship between peer delinquency and academic achievement. Interventions aimed at promoting positive adjustment and school outcomes should focus on the role of delinquent peer affiliations and youth's attitudes toward school. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Crime and Delinquency, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by SAGE Publications)

School Performance
School Achievement
Asian Juvenile
Asian Offender
Asian Delinquency
Asian Crime
Juvenile Offender
Juvenile Crime
Juvenile Delinquency
Crime Effects
Delinquency Effects
Peer Delinquency
Peer Relations
Family Relations
Parent Child Relations
Asian Attitudes
Juvenile Attitudes
09-05