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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Exploring the Latino Paradox: How Economic and Citizenship Status Impact Health
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Campbell, Kelly; Garcia, Donna M.; Granillo, Christina V.; Chavez, David V. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2012
The authors examined the contributions of economic status (ES) and citizenship status to health differences between European Americans, Latino Americans, and noncitizen Latinos. The investigation was framed using social identity and comparison theories. Southern California residents (N = 2,164) were randomly selected to complete a telephone…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Citizenship, Cultural Differences, Physical Health
Developing a Bicultural Model for Academic Achievement: A Look at Acculturative Stress, Coping, and Self-Perception
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Hawley, Suzanne R.; Chavez, David V.; St. Romain, Theresa – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007
This project analyzed multimodel student archival data to address the relationship between academic achievement, acculturative stress, and coping factors. Participants were 126 children between 8 and 11 years of age (59 White and 67 Latino). Measurements included demographics, SAFE-C, A-COPE, Self-Perception Profile for Children, and Harter…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Social Support Groups, Religious Factors, Racial Differences
The Relationship of Language Brokering to Academic Performance, Biculturalism, and Self-Efficacy among Latino Adolescents.
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Buriel, Raymond; Perez, William; De Ment, Terri L.; Chavez, David V.; Moran, Virginia R. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1998
Study of 122 9th- and 10th-grade Latino high school students examined the relationship of language brokering (informal interpreting for immigrant parents) to academic performance, biculturalism, academic self-efficacy, and social self-efficacy. Results showed positive relationships, with academic self-efficacy being the strongest predictor of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Students, Grade 10
Acculturative Stress in Children: A Modification of the SAFE Scale.
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Chavez, David V.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1997
A modified version of the Societal, Attitudinal, Familial, and Environmental Acculturative Stress Scale (SAFE) was administered to 71 Latino and Euramerican children aged 8-10 from southern California. Despite being U.S.-born, Latino children experienced significantly more acculturative stress than their Euramerican peers, thereby helping to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Attitude Measures, Child Development