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From:Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (Vol. 19, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedPrior research suggests that as the size of a minority grows, disadvantages accrue for its members. This research explores this issue focusing specifically on Mexican American teenagers. The relationship between the...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 35, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedParental involvement in education is a key focus of current policies and programs aimed at improving the academic outcomes of students at risk for academic underachievement. This study examines six forms of parental...
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From:Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (Vol. 71, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective: Adult male Hispanics, particularly those born in the United States, are more likely to drink frequently and to consume larger quantities of alcohol than Whites or Blacks. Because alcohol and other...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 33, Issue 130) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT This study investigated the incidence and patterns of substance use in a school-age population, as well as predictive risk factors that may play an important role in understanding its initiation. Low...
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From:Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (Vol. 19, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis research examined associations between acculturation, college planning, and college attendance in 410 Junior and senior high school students. Participants, of which three quarters were of Mexican descent and one...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 29, Issue 113) Peer-ReviewedIn spite of their vulnerability, Mexican-American adolescents are almost nonexistent in the psychological literature. There is little information on the mental health status, needs, and availability of services for this...
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From:Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (Vol. 37, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis exploratory study compares the differences between 43 Mexican American gang members and 43 Mexican American adolescents who are not members of a gang on several demographic, educational, familial, cultural, and...
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From:The Psychological Record (Vol. 51, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAlthough sport psychology research has revealed differences in motivational orientation among athletes from various ethnic groups (Duda, 1985, 1986a; Whitehead, 1986), no work has addressed the impact of within-group...
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From:Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (Vol. 19, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSelf-esteem, the evaluative manner in which one judges herself or himself forms the foundation of emotional well-being. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of Mexican American female adolescents'...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 35, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDespite elevated levels of substance use among many Latino youths, there has been little research on protective factors against such use. In keeping with federal commitments to address health disparities, this...
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From:Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis study examined the influence of acculturation, enculturation, parental education level, financial concerns, and gender on 106 Mexican American high school students' decisions to apply to college. Results indicated...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 33, Issue 132) Peer-ReviewedIn this study, Mexican American and White non-Hispanic school dropouts and students in good academic standing were compared on their use of alcohol. Results indicated that dropouts were at higher risk for alcohol use of...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 35, Issue 140) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between barriers to using birth control and actual use of birth control among a national sample of Mexican-American adolescents. Participants were either over age 15 or...
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From:Adolescence (Vol. 36, Issue 141) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The social-emotional characteristics and drug-use patterns of adolescents who reported having no friends (i.e., isolates) were compared to those of adolescents in drug-using and non-drug-using peer groups....
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From:Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (Vol. 20, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSome theories and measures of cultural identification are based on a unidimensional continuum, requiring that, as identification with one culture increases, identification with another decreases. Others, such as...