The immigrant paradox and math self-concept : An SES-of-origin-country hypothesis
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Basarkod, Geetanjali, Marsh, Herbert W., Parker, Phillip D., Dicke, Theresa and Guo, Jiesi. (2022). The immigrant paradox and math self-concept : An SES-of-origin-country hypothesis. Learning and Instruction. 77, p. Article 101539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2021.101539
Authors | Basarkod, Geetanjali, Marsh, Herbert W., Parker, Phillip D., Dicke, Theresa and Guo, Jiesi |
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Abstract | The immigrant paradox is the phenomenon where recent immigrants have better outcomes than individuals from native-born families. Although limited past research has shown the paradox to exist for math self-concept, neither its exact nature nor a theoretical explanation for its existence have been reported. Using Australian cohort data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 (N = 12,551) and 2012 (N = 14,481), we first establish that immigrant students have higher math self-concepts than native students, controlling for gender and absolute parental socioeconomic status (SES), and show that it is similar to—albeit weaker than—the expectation-achievement gap. We then provide an SES-of-origin-country hypothesis as a contextual explanation for this effect; we show that the immigrant paradox for both math self-concept and educational expectations substantially reduces when accounting for parents' SES relative to their country-of-origin. Our findings suggest that the paradox for math self-concept and educational expectations may partly result from immigrant parents’ socioeconomic advantage in their home countries. |
Keywords | immigrant paradox; math self-concept; educational expectations; SES-of-origin-country hypothesis; PISA |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Learning and Instruction |
Journal citation | 77, p. Article 101539 |
Publisher | Elsevier Ltd |
ISSN | 0959-4752 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2021.101539 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85115934677 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-12 |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 28 Sep 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 31 Aug 2021 |
Deposited | 15 Dec 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8x320/the-immigrant-paradox-and-math-self-concept-an-ses-of-origin-country-hypothesis
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