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Direct linkHutchison, 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
Download full textPinder, Patrice Juliet – Online Submission, 2020
Across the globe, from the very wealthy continents of North America to Europe to Australia, the phenomenon of migrant and immigrant students outperforming native students are observed and documented. Some migrants and immigrants from China, the Philippines, India, Russia, Africa, and the Caribbean are reportedly achieving higher test scores than…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Immigrants, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
King Miller, Beverly A. – SAGE Open, 2017
This article explores issues related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), participation and underrepresentation specifically in regard to women of African descent. Drawing from a larger qualitative, grounded case study, the article examines the experiences of Panamanian Afro Caribbean women in STEM and their successful…
Descriptors: Females, Barriers, STEM Education, Latin Americans
Gonzales, Roberto G. – American Sociological Review, 2011
This article examines the transition to adulthood among 1.5-generation undocumented Latino young adults. For them, the transition to adulthood involves exiting the legally protected status of K to 12 students and entering into adult roles that require legal status as the basis for participation. This collision among contexts makes for a turbulent…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Friendship, Young Adults, Immigrants
Tatum, Charles – 1983
Geographic displacement as spiritual desolation is a theme that bonds Puerto Rican and Chicano literature. The movement of masses of people to the United States and within the United States itself has had and continues to have severe consequences for the Latino population in this country. Two novels, "Down These Mean Streets" by Piri…
Descriptors: Alienation, Immigrants, Latin American Literature, Literary Criticism
Perez-Erdelyi, Mireya – 1986
In an effort to sensitize college students of Spanish for the professions to the values and social reality of the Hispanic world, one teacher used a combination of demographic information and Hispanic American literature. Information on the geographic distribution and characteristics of Hispanic groups in the United States was provided as a…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic American Literature
