The Influence of Race, Class, and Gender on Self-Esteem for Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Grade Students in Pennsylvania Schools

An integrative study of student socioeconomic status (SES), race, & gender, focusing on self-esteem in the school context, was conducted using data derived from the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment Program, 1981-1984. Analyses were conducted at the fifth-, eighth-, & eleventh-grad...

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Published in:The Journal of Negro education 1988-10, Vol.57 (4), p.467-481
Main Authors: Kohr, Richard L., Coldiron, J. Robert, Skiffington, Eugene W., Masters, James R., Blust, Ross S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Educational research
Elementary School Students
Grade 5
Grade 8
High School Students
High socioeconomic status
Low socioeconomic status
Pennsylvania
Racial Differences
Self concept
Self Esteem
Sex Differences
Socioeconomic Status
Statistical variance
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Summary:An integrative study of student socioeconomic status (SES), race, & gender, focusing on self-esteem in the school context, was conducted using data derived from the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment Program, 1981-1984. Analyses were conducted at the fifth-, eighth-, & eleventh-grade levels (N = 35,000-50,000 students each year). Replicable differences in self-esteem occurred for student SES & gender. Race differences, in the form of a grade level-by-race interaction, occurred only within low-SES schools. 3 Tables. AA
ISSN:0022-2984
2167-6437
DOI:10.2307/2295690