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Cuevas, Stephany – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Based on the experiences of 15 Latina/o undocumented parents, this qualitative study identifies three distinct ways Latina/o immigrant parents understand their role in their children's post-secondary aspirations: "confident partners," "motivational supporters," and "uncertain spectators." By comparing and contrasting…
Descriptors: Parents, Undocumented Immigrants, College Bound Students, Parent Participation
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Leyva, Diana; Catalán Molina, Diego; Suárez, Casilda; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2021
Parent-child reminiscing talk about positive and negative events provides children with unique opportunities to develop emotion competence. Very little work has involved families from low-income households and ethnically diverse backgrounds. We examined: 1) event valence (positive vs. negative) and ethnic differences in mother-child reminiscing…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Mothers, Children, Elementary School Students
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Kliewer, Wendy; Murrelle, Lenn; Prom, Elizabeth; Ramirez, Melva; Obando, Patricia; Sandi, Luis; Karenkeris, Maria del Carmen – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
Associations between witnessing serious violence and drug use, and the protective influences of family cohesion and parental monitoring, were investigated among 9,840 adolescents (50.5% female, M age=15.29 years, SD=1.76) living in Panama and Costa Rica. After accounting for demographics and parental and sibling substance use, witnessing serious…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Drug Abuse, Violence
Reisman, Betty L.; Banuelos, Delma – Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 1984
Compared the career fantasies of 110 children from upper and lower class schools who were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. Results confirmed the influence of family socioeconomic status on the level of sophistication in fantasy career choice. (JAC)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Fantasy, Inner City, Latin Americans
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Sands, Tovah; Plunkett, Scott W. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2005
The purpose of this article was to report factor structures, reliability, and validity of the Significant Other Academic Support Scale from two different Latino samples of Mexican and Central American origin youth. Self-report data were collected from 394 Mexican and 220 Central American youth from immigrant families living in Los Angeles.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Mexican Americans, Family Relationship, Predictive Validity
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Martinez, Charles R., Jr.; DeGarmo, David S.; Eddy, J. Mark – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2004
This article describes results from the Oregon Latino Youth Survey, which was designed to identify factors that promote or hinder academic success for Latino middle school and high school youngsters. The study samples included a total of 564 Latino and non-Latino students and parents. Analyses showed that Latino students reported a high frequency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, High School Students, Racial Discrimination