ERIC Number: EJ964559
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-9863
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Acculturative Stress and School Belonging among Latino Youth
Roche, Cathy; Kuperminc, Gabriel P.
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v34 n1 p61-76 Feb 2012
Dimensions of acculturative stress and their implications for school belonging and achievement were examined among 199 Latino middle-school students. The proposed model hypothesized that school belonging would mediate the association between acculturative stress dimensions and low school achievement. Eighty percent youth of the sample were immigrants, 73% had Mexican origins, 57% were girls, and the mean age of the participants was 13.6 years. A factor analysis yielded two dimensions of acculturative stress: discrimination stress and immigration-related stress. Immigration-related stress was associated with age of immigration, but discrimination stress was not. Findings supported the hypothesis that lack of school belonging may be a mechanism by which "discrimination" stress, but not "immigration-related" stress, decreases school performance among Latino youth. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Factor Analysis, Immigration, Immigrants, Stress Variables, Hispanic American Students, Middle School Students, Correlation, Mexican Americans, Academic Achievement, Student School Relationship, Age, Racial Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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