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Meeting in School: Cultural Diversity Approaches of Teachers and Intergroup Contact among Ethnic Minority and Majority Adolescents
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Karatas, Savas; Eckstein, Katharina; Noack, Peter; Rubini, Monica; Crocetti, Elisabetta – Child Development, 2023
This study investigated the associations between cultural diversity approaches endorsed by teachers and adolescents' positive and negative intergroup contact in schools. Participants were 984 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority) involved in a three-wave longitudinal study between 2019 and 2020. Results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Influences
The Impact of Early Social Interactions on Later Language Development in Spanish-English Bilingual Infants
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Ramírez-Esparza, Nairán; García-Sierra, Adrián; Kuhl, Patricia K. – Child Development, 2017
This study tested the impact of child-directed language input on language development in Spanish-English bilingual infants (N = 25, 11- and 14-month-olds from the Seattle metropolitan area), across languages and independently for each language, controlling for socioeconomic status. Language input was characterized by social interaction variables,…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism
Relations among Cultural Learning Beliefs, Self-Regulated Learning, and Academic Achievement for Low-Income Chinese American Adolescents
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Bempechat, Janine; Li, Jin; Ronfard, Samuel – Child Development, 2018
This mixed-methods study of urban low-income, English-proficient Chinese American, second-generation 15-year-olds (conducted in 2004; N = 32) examined the relation among the virtue model of learning communicated by parents and adolescents' learning beliefs, self-regulated learning (SRL) behaviors, and academic achievement. Analysis of in-depth…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Socialization, Low Income, Metacognition
Mexican-Origin Youth's Cultural Orientations and Adjustment: Changes from Early to Late Adolescence
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Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Umana-Taylor, Adriana J.; McHale, Susan M.; Wheeler, Lorey A.; Perez-Brena, Norma J. – Child Development, 2012
Drawing from developmental and cultural adaptation perspectives and using a longitudinal design, this study examined: (a) mean-level changes in Mexican-origin adolescents' cultural orientations and adjustment from early to late adolescence and (b) bidirectional associations between cultural orientations and adjustment using a cross-lag panel…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Acculturation