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Hutchison, Erica N.; Haden, Sara C.; Saunders, Benjamin A.; Cain, Nicole M.; Grundleger, Alexandra B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2020
Background: Emotion dysregulation and the internalization of sociocultural body image norms have been individually associated with eating pathology, but most studies utilized samples that were female, not ethnically diverse, or experiencing only diagnosable levels of eating pathology. Purpose: This study sought to better explain the relationship…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Self Concept, Human Body, Undergraduate Students
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Kim, Yeonwoo; Calzada, Esther J.; Barajas-Gonzalez, R. Gabriela; Huang, Keng-Yen; Brotman, Laurie M.; Castro, Ashley; Pichardo, Catherine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Early academic achievement has been shown to predict high school completion, but there have been few studies of the predictors of early academic success focused on Latino students. Using longitudinal data from 750 Mexican and Dominican American families, this study examined a cultural model of parenting and early academic achievement. While Latino…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement
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Dawson, Beverly Araujo; Panchanadeswaran, Subadra – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2010
The present study examined the relationship between discriminatory experiences and acculturative stress levels among a sample of 283 Dominican immigrants. Findings from a linear regression analysis revealed that experiences of daily racial discrimination and major racist events were significant predictors of acculturative stress after controlling…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Ethnic Groups, Acculturation, Regression (Statistics)
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Vega Garcia, Susan A. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2000
Measures ownership of and access to African American and Latino periodical literature, illustrating the successes and failures in promoting racial and ethnic diversity in research libraries belonging to the ARL (Association of Research Libraries). Discusses desirability of multicultural collections; bibliographic control and access issues; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Black Literature, Cataloging