2022
Schools’ Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ’s Elementary, Middle and High Schools
Opara I, Thorpe D, Lardier D, Parisi D. Schools’ Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ’s Elementary, Middle and High Schools. The Urban Review 2022, 55: 393-414. PMID: 38463537, PMCID: PMC10923576, DOI: 10.1007/s11256-022-00652-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcademic outcomesEducational outcomesSchool characteristicsScience academic performanceLower mathAcademic achievementAcademic yearHigh schoolAcademic performanceEducational disparitiesSchoolsElementaryLess fundingResource deprivationMathYouthMulti-faceted approachNeighborhood resourcesPoor infrastructureSocioeconomic statusAchievementEconomic supportEnglishImplicationsSuch disparities
2020
Parenting profiles of academic and racial socialization: Associations with academic engagement and academic self-beliefs of African American adolescents
Metzger I, Cooper S, Griffin C, Golden A, Opara I, Ritchwood T. Parenting profiles of academic and racial socialization: Associations with academic engagement and academic self-beliefs of African American adolescents. Journal Of School Psychology 2020, 82: 36-48. PMID: 32988462, PMCID: PMC8219402, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2020.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescents' academic outcomesAcademic outcomesSocialization practicesRacial socializationAcademic engagementParental socialization practicesLatent profile analysisAfrican American adolescentsParenting profilesProfile membershipSchool psychologistsAdolescent participantsAfrican American caregiversAmerican adolescentsSocializersAmerican caregiversAcademic socializationSocializationAdolescentsProfile analysisCurrent investigationEngagementSchool systemPsychologistsEthnic minorities