Perceived Discrimination in School: a Longitudinal Look at the Impact on Expectations and Health

Citation

Schafer, E. S. (2022). Perceived Discrimination in School: a Longitudinal Look at the Impact on Expectations and Health. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to look at levels of perceived discrimination in school among students of different races and to assess whether there are significant short- or long-term effects as they develop. This study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which is a multi-stage nationally representative study of individuals who were in 7th-12th grade during the 1994-1995 school year. Responses on teacher discrimination items showed that Black students reported the highest levels of perceived teacher discrimination. Educational expectations were lowest for Hispanic students. At wave three, participants who identified their race/ethnicity as Hispanic or other reported the worst overall health, whereas at wave four, White participants had significantly better overall health than the other three groups. Teacher discrimination was found to be a significant predictor for educational expectations, income expectations, and overall health eight and 15 years later. When stratified by race, higher teacher discrimination predicted lower educational expectations and poorer overall health eight years later for Black, Hispanic, and White students.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01262-1

Keyword(s)

Educational expectations

Notes

2196-8837

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

J Racial Ethn Health Disparities

Author(s)

Schafer, E. S.

Year Published

2022

Edition

2022/03/01

ISSN/ISBN

2196-8837

DOI

10.1007/s40615-022-01262-1

Reference ID

9645