Meta-analysis on the relation between acculturation and academic performance: Testing the immigrant paradox

This meta-analysis is designed to test the immigrant paradox hypothesis, which argues that first-generation immigrant students tend to outperform their more acculturated peers. We aim to unpack the complex relation between acculturation and academic performance among immigrant-origin students with a...

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Published in:Educational research review 2023-05, Vol.39, p.100526, Article 100526
Main Authors: Sirin, Selcuk R., Sin, Esther J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Academic performance
Immigrant paradox
Immigrant youth
Meta-analysis
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Summary:This meta-analysis is designed to test the immigrant paradox hypothesis, which argues that first-generation immigrant students tend to outperform their more acculturated peers. We aim to unpack the complex relation between acculturation and academic performance among immigrant-origin students with attention to methodological and demographic moderators. The review includes 79 independent samples generated from 54 studies, representing 89,827 students (M = 646.24, SD = 862.93) with a mean age of 13.26 (SD = 5.16). We found an overall main effect of 0.04, (p 
ISSN:1747-938X
1878-0385
DOI:10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100526