Social and Self Processes Underlying Math and Science Achievement

Heather A. Bouchey is assistant professor of psychology at the University of Vermont. Her research focuses on adolescent relationship process and how they influence individual development and adjustment. Cynthia E. Winston is assistant professor of psychology at Howard University and principal investigator of the Identity and Success Research Laboratory. Her research focuses on race self complexity and the pscyhological significance of race and racism in successful African Americans' internalized narratives of self.

• Editors' notes (pages 1–3)Heather A. Bouchey and Cynthia E. WinstonGirls' and boys' developing interests in math and science: Do parents matter? (pages 5–21)Janis E. Jacobs and Martha M. BleekerGender intensification of peer socialization during puberty (pages 23–34)Lisa M. PettittParents, teachers, and peers: Discrepant or complementary achievement socializers? (pages 35–53)Heather A. BoucheyScience success, narrative theories of personality, and race self complexity: Is pace represented in the identity construction of African American adolescents? (pages 55–77)Cynthia E. Winston, David Wall Rice, Brandi J. Bradshaw, Derek Lloyd, Lasana T. Harris, Tanisha I. Burford, Gerard Clodimir, Karmen Kizzie, Kristin Joy Carothers, Vetisha McClair and Jennifer Burrell