TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of high school achievement in a Hong Kong International School
AU - Stewart, Sunita Mahtani
AU - Bond, Michael H.
AU - Deeds, Osvelia
AU - Westrick, Jan
AU - Wong, C. M.
PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - Asian students consistently achieve academically at higher rates than other students. This study reports on the prediction of grades by teenagers' values and autonomy expectations, and their mothers' reports on these variables. Fifty-eight Western and 66 Asian juniors and seniors and their mothers were recruited from an international high school. Teenagers' value priority for Openness to Change and their autonomy expectations predicted academic achievement in the entire group of students, unpackaging the effect of culture on academic achievement. Mothers' value priorities and autonomy expectations did not associate with their teenagers' grades. Teenagers' value for Openness to Change emerged as a significant indepen-dent predictor in the combined group; however, the effect was stronger in Western than in Asian teenagers. This study provides unusual evidence for pancultural correlates of academic achievement.
AB - Asian students consistently achieve academically at higher rates than other students. This study reports on the prediction of grades by teenagers' values and autonomy expectations, and their mothers' reports on these variables. Fifty-eight Western and 66 Asian juniors and seniors and their mothers were recruited from an international high school. Teenagers' value priority for Openness to Change and their autonomy expectations predicted academic achievement in the entire group of students, unpackaging the effect of culture on academic achievement. Mothers' value priorities and autonomy expectations did not associate with their teenagers' grades. Teenagers' value for Openness to Change emerged as a significant indepen-dent predictor in the combined group; however, the effect was stronger in Western than in Asian teenagers. This study provides unusual evidence for pancultural correlates of academic achievement.
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U2 - 10.1080/002075999399945
DO - 10.1080/002075999399945
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033147551
SN - 0020-7594
VL - 34
SP - 163
EP - 174
JO - International Journal of Psychology
JF - International Journal of Psychology
IS - 3
ER -