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Parental Educational Attainment and Mental Well-Being of College Students: Diminished Returns of Blacks

Shervin Assari

Brain Sciences · 2018

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Summary

BACKGROUND: According to the Minorities' Diminished Returns (MDR) theory, the health returns of socioeconomic status (SES) are systemically smaller for Blacks compared to Whites. Less is known, however, about trans-generational aspects of such diminished gains. For example, the differential impact of parental educational attainment on differences in mental well-being between White versus Black college students remains unknown. AIMS: With a national scope, this study explored racial differences in the effect of parental educational attainment on the mental well-being of college students in the United States. METHODS: = 3354; 8.0%). The independent variable was highest parental educational attainment. The dependent variable was mental well-being (mentally healthy days in the past month) whic

Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3390/brainsci8110193
Catalogue ID
SNmpdjwl2e-mn780l
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