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Article: School belonging, educational aspirations, and academic self-efficacy among African American male high school students: implications for school counselors.(Report)
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- Professional School Counseling
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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While academic self-efficacy is widely considered an individual cognitive variable, it may be influenced by a sense of belonging and connection to others in the school community. Using a correlation and multiple regression design, the study in this article examined the relationship between perceptions of school belonging, educational aspirations, and academic self-efficacy among 40 African American male high school students. Results indicated that feeling encouraged to participate and educational aspirations were significant, positive predictors of academic self-efficacy. Other components of perceptions of school belonging were not significant in predicting academic ...