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Self-Esteem: Assessing Measurement Equivalence in a Multiethnic Sample of Youth
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Michaels, Marcia L.; Barr, Alicia; Roosa, Mark W.; Knight, George P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
Global self-worth and five domains of self-esteem (scholastic competence, athletic competence, physical appearance, behavioral conduct, social acceptance) were tested for measurement equivalence in a sample of Anglo American, Mexican American, African American, and Native American youth aged 9 through 14 years. The results revealed that global…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Early Adolescents, Preadolescents, Mexican Americans
Economic Stress, Parenting, and Child Adjustment in Mexican American and European American Families
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Parke, Ross D.; Coltrane, Scott; Duffy, Sharon; Buriel, Raymond; Dennis, Jessica; Powers, Justina; French, Sabine; Widaman, Keith F. – Child Development, 2004
To assess the impact of economic hardship on 111 European American and 167 Mexican American families and their 5th-grade (M age 11.4 years) children, a family stress model was evaluated. Structural equation analyses revealed that economic hardship was linked to indexes of economic pressure that were related to depressive symptoms for mothers and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Marital Instability, Depression (Psychology), Mexican Americans