title: A closer look at school bonding among African American adolescents in low-income communities: A latent class analysis.
abstract: Positive school bonding is a significant precursor to students' school success. However, African American youth report lower school success compared with their White counterparts. This study examined correlates of school bonding among 633 African American youth who were recruited from community settings in Chicago. Major findings indicated that negative peer norms, exposure to community violence, and poor mental health were negatively correlated with school bonding, while parental monitoring, positive self-regard, and future orientation were correlated with higher school motivation. Students classified as having high or moderate school bonding were more likely to live with both parents, experience higher levels of parental monitoring, and exhibit positive self-regard. Implications are discussed in view of these findings.
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: Dexter R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Voisin
authors.affiliation: 2 Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Ha
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 2 Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.|3 Wayne State University, USA.
authors.forename: Jun Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology*; D002641:Chicago / Q000208:ethnology; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000077272:Latent Class Analysis; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: adolescence; coping; culture; depression; drugs