Journal article
Family and Neighborhood Influences on Meeting College Expectations in Emerging Adulthood
Emerging adulthood (Thousand Oaks, CA), Vol.5(3), pp.164-176
06/01/2017
DOI: 10.1177/2167696816663833
Abstract
This study examined how family socioeconomic status and social emotional climate together with neighborhood affluence predict the probability that college attainment in emerging adulthood (20-26 years old) matched college expectations reported during adolescence. Using three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health (n = 7,213, 54% female, 53% White, 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 11% other), results from multilevel multinomial logistic models reported direct and positive effects of neighborhood and family affluence on the probability that college attainment in emerging adulthood matched or exceeded the expectations reported during adolescence. Family cohesion was associated with lower odds of overachievement. An interaction effect revealed that parents' educational expectations were more strongly associated with college achievement outcomes in higher income families. Understanding how families and neighborhoods predict college achievement can help institutions focus on methods of intervention to best support the transition to adulthood.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Family and Neighborhood Influences on Meeting College Expectations in Emerging Adulthood
- Creators
- Duhita Mahatmya - University of IowaAriel Smith - George Mason University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Emerging adulthood (Thousand Oaks, CA), Vol.5(3), pp.164-176
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/2167696816663833
- ISSN
- 2167-6968
- eISSN
- 2167-6984
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- P01-HD31921 Office of Student Creative Activities and Research at George Mason University Center for the Advancement of Well-Being P01-HD31921 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Education Administration; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984759990902771
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