Parent and peer social norms and youth's post-secondary attitudes: A latent class analysis

Kristen P. Kremer, Michael G. Vaughn and Travis M. Loux

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 93, issue C, 411-417

Abstract: The present study explores whether college-going norms of parents and peers are intertwined or distinct in their contributions to college-going attitudes. Latent class analysis identified latent groups based on youth's social norms from parents and friends. Data was used from the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:09), a nationally representative and longitudinal study of ninth grade American students (N = 10,663). Four classes were identified: universal college norms (53.57%, N = 5712), which included youth with high support from both parents and friends; parent college norms (12.71%, N = 1355), wherein youth's parents demonstrated high support while friends displayed low school engagement; friend college norms (27.53%, N = 2935), in which youth had highly engaged peers but limited parental support; and limited college norms (6.20%, N = 661), comprised of youth whose parents and friends displayed limited academic engagement. Findings indicate that parents and friends play separate roles in the development of college-going attitudes.

Keywords: College-going attitudes; Social norms; Latent class analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.08.026

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