African American middle school students on average endorse the traditional academic race stereotype while reporting high academic self-concept¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2014: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In both samples students endorsed relatively traditional stereotypes (Study 1 M = 11.3; Study 2 M = 10.3 on a scale where 0 indicates no race differences) and reported high academic self-concept (M = 17.0 and 16.6 on a 25-point scale). → Okeke 2009

Evidence¶

Okeke 2009¶

Okeke, N. A., Howard, L. C., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Rowley, S. J. (2009). Academic race stereotypes, academic self-concept, and racial centrality in African American youth. Journal of Black Psychology, 35(3), 366–387. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798409333615

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive statistics from Study 1 (N = 237); Study 2 showed similar means (self-concept M = 16.6, stereotypes M = 10.3). The article reports these as descriptive means with no effect size attached.

"On average, students reported high levels of academic self-concept (M = 17.0 on a 25-point response scale) and endorsed relatively traditional academic race stereotypes (M = 11.3 on a scale where a score of 0 indicates no race differences)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Academic achievement is moderately correlated with academic self-concept in African American middle school youth — related
• In an independent seventh-grade sample, stereotype endorsement predicted lower academic self-concept at average and high racial centrality but not at low centrality (Study 2 replication) — related
• Among African American eighth graders high in racial centrality, stronger endorsement of the traditional academic race stereotype is associated with lower academic self-concept, controlling achievement and demographics (Study 1) — related
• Racial centrality plays different roles across outcomes: protective against discrimination's effects on mental health but a vulnerability factor for stereotype effects on self-perceptions — related
• The attitude-achievement paradox: disadvantaged minority youth may show low achievement despite high motivation to achieve upward mobility through schooling — related