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Social influence or selection? Peer effects on the development of adolescents’ educational expectations in Germany
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In this article, the authors found that educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment and that during adolescence, friends increasingly function as significant others and can affect the development of these expectations.Abstract:
Educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment. Throughout adolescence, friends increasingly function as ‘significant others’ and, thus, can affect the development of these ...read more
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Peer network studies and interventions in adolescence.
TL;DR: In this article, the relative, cumulative, and interactive impacts of different types of peer relations and unpacks the various mechanisms underlying peer selection and influence are investigated. And the potential to yield insights that advance theory and optimize peer-led interventions.
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Peer network studies and interventions in adolescence
TL;DR: In this paper , the relative, cumulative, and interactive impacts of different types of peer relations and unpacks the various mechanisms underlying peer selection and influence are investigated. But the effectiveness of peer-led interventions is poorly understood and the mechanisms underlying their effectiveness are poorly understood.
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Pre-Migration Status, Social Capital, and the Educational Aspirations of Children of Immigrants in Disadvantaged Swedish Schools
TL;DR: In this article, high aspirations can be an important factor for educational attainment, especially for youth in disadvantaged schools who are otherwise more likely to leave school early, and the authors study the effect of high aspirations on educational attainment.
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Oppositional culture revisited. Friendship dynamics and the creation of social capital among Turkish minority adolescents in Germany
TL;DR: In this paper, the educational compositions of friendship networks between different ethnic groups were compared, and it was shown that ethnic differences in the endowment with social capital can exacerbate intergroup inequalities.
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Sticky educational expectations: A cross-country comparison
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the cross-country variability in the interaction effect between academic achievement and social origin on the configuration of the expectation of enrolment in the academic track of upper secondary education.
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