Explaining Asian Americans' academic advantage over whites

Explaining Asian Americans' academic advantage over whites.

The superior academic achievement of Asian Americans is a well-documented phenomenon that lacks a widely accepted explanation. Asian Americans' advantage in this respect has been attributed to three groups of factors: (i) socio-demographic characteristics, (ii) cognitive ability, and (iii) academic effort as measured by characteristics such as attentiveness and work ethic. We combine data from ...

Assessing what is cultural about Asian Americans' academic advantage.

Honorary Whites: Representations of Asian Americans on Television

Adolescent Precursors of Early Union Formation among Asian Americans and Whites.

Using a framework that emphasizes independent vs. interdependent self-construals, this study investigates the relatively low rates of early marriage and cohabitation among Asian Americans compared to Whites. Data from Waves 1 and 3 of Add Health are used to test five hypotheses that focus on family value socialization and other precursors measured in adolescence. Analyses of early marriage indi...

Self-determination, perceived approval, and drinking: differences between Asian Americans and Whites.

The present research assessed racial differences in the associations among controlled orientation, injunctive norms, and increased drinking by White and Asian American college students. Previous research has noted racial differences in drinking, but reasons have not been considered in the context of individual differences in self-determination or responses to social influences. The authors eval...