Ethnic and Generational Differences in the Relations between Social Support and Academic Achievement across the High School Years

Changes in adolescents’ reports of social support from parents and friends were examined across the 4 years of high school to examine associations between support and academic achievement. Results from 541 adolescents from diverse backgrounds suggest that changes in encouragement from parents and friends within individual adolescents are associated with concurrent changes in grade point average (GPA). Between-person analyses indicate that...