APS

2025 APS Annual Convention

Social Class Discrimination in Classrooms: Links to Academic Achievement Among Adolescents

Saturday, May 24, 2025 · Washington, DC

Oral · Developmental

We examined social class discrimination as a new way of understanding the association between social class and academic achievement among adolescents. There were 1,558 participants (Mage = 16.17). Results indicated that social class discrimination was inversely associated with academic achievement and that teachers and classmates were particularly important sources.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Zena MelloSpeaker
    San Francisco State University
  • Vani KakarDiscussant
    San Francisco State University
  • Abundis-Morales Manuel NicolasDiscussant
    San Francisco State University
  • Busra DogruDiscussant
    San Francisco State University
  • Adam SuriDiscussant
    San Francisco State University
  • Sean HenniganDiscussant
    University of California San Francisco
  • Sean HenniganDiscussant
    San Francisco State University