Social costs of achievement vary by race/ethnicity, school features
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 07:40
in Psychology & Sociology
Doing well in school and feeling accepted by your peers are both important challenges during adolescence. Sometimes these don't fit well together, as when teens are ostracized for being smart. A new study has found that such pressures differ for teens in different racial/ethnic groups, and that characteristics of the teens' schools also play a role...