Children from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds often have more negative self-
views than their peers. How are these self-views shaped by teacher–student interactions in …

Girls' lack of self-belief has frequently been cited as a major barrier to advancement in both
empirical research and in the popular imagination. With girls now outcompeting boys at …

Minority and majority elementary school students from a Native American reservation (N=
188; K–fifth grade; 5‐to 10‐year‐olds) completed tests of academic self‐concepts and self …

One aim of this investigation was to determine the kinds of information a large and racially
diverse sample of urban first-grade children take into account in forging their image of an …

Parents and teachers expect children from higher socioeconomic backgrounds to excel
academically, relative to socioeconomically disadvantaged children. When children from …

Extracurricular activities represent a key setting for prevention and promoting positive youth
development. However, to date, a crucial aspect of activity participation—activity breadth …

Social comparisons with peers are important sources of self-development during
adolescence. Many previous studies showed that students' academic self-concepts (ASC) …

Over 21% of children in the United States today are poor, and the income gap between our
nation's richest and poorest children has widened dramatically over time. This article …

We review recent theoretical and empirical work on children's self-concept development and
how their self-concepts motivate their behavior in achievement situations. Several important …

Social inequalities limit important opportunities and resources for members of marginalized
and disadvantaged groups. Understanding the origins of how children construct their …