Academic Attainment Among Latino Youth: A Social Justice Issue

Kuperminc, Gabriel P.; Berryhill, Joseph; Wilkins, Natalie; Henrich, Christopher C.; Alvarez-Jimenez, Anabel; Meyers, Joel; Sayfi, Sheila

doi:10.1037/e628612012-314

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“…By demonstrating that Mexican-origin youth’s ethnic pride and endorsement of cultural values promotes psychosocial well-being during middle adolescence, the present study centers ethnic identity development and connection to cultural history as developmental assets for Latinx youth. This supports previous arguments proposing ethnic identity (and the processes through which this identity is developed and formalized) as a competency promoting adolescents’ psychosocial adjustment for diverse youth broadly (Kuperminc et al, 2009; Neblett et al, 2012), and for Latinx youth specifically (Acevedo-Polakovich et al, 2014; Rew et al, 2015; Wantchekon & Umaña-Taylor, 2021). Youth positive socialization and internalization of their cultural context can protect against maladjustment while promoting multiple PYD domains, namely Competence, Caring, and Connection (Gonzales et al, 2008; Rew et al, 2015; Segal et al, 2011; Yu et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Positive development, healthy adjustment, and effective functioning are more the norm than the exception among youth as they traverse adolescence (Dahl et al, 2018). Despite this normative pattern, less research has explored positive development in samples of ethnic/racial minority youth compared to white samples of youth in the United States (Kuperminc et al, 2009; Lerner et al, 2017). This has been particularly true for U.S. Latinx youth (Azmitia, 2021).…”

Section: Latinx Youth Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethnic pride and cultural values promote positive youth development in a conceptual replication of the Five Cs model.

Johnson¹,

Robins²,

Guyer³

et al. 2023

Developmental Psychology

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The current study examined the Five Cs model of positive youth development (PYD; Lerner et al., 2005) in U.S. Mexican-origin youth (N = 674, 50% female) and tested the extent to which ethnic pride, familismo, and respeto, as an index of cultural orientation, predicted PYD across midadolescence. PYD was modeled using a bifactor structure, which defined global PYD and the Five Cs (Caring, Character, Competence, Confidence, and Connection) using theoretically similar measures matched to the conceptual definitions of the Cs. Tests of longitudinal invariance of the bifactor model at ages 14 and 16 established scalar invariance, providing support for the structure and stability of the Five Cs and global PYD using the theoretically similar measures across time. Adolescents’ cultural orientation (latent factor incorporating familismo, respeto, and ethnic pride) at age 14 was positively associated with the Five Cs within and across time. Greater cultural orientation at age 14 predicted increased global PYD across ages 14 and 16. The contribution of cultural orientation to the PYD across midadolescence did not differ by adolescent gender or nativity. These findings demonstrate the robust nature and stability of the Five Cs model of PYD and provide novel evidence that ethnic pride, familismo, and respeto promote greater PYD in Mexican-origin youth during midadolescence.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Latinx Youth Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnic pride and cultural values promote positive youth development in a conceptual replication of the Five Cs model.

Johnson¹,

Robins²,

Guyer³

et al. 2023

Developmental Psychology

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“…For example, some research involving Latino youth suggests that the use of active adaptive coping strategies (Edwards & Romero, 2008) and having a positive ethnic identity (Umana-Taylor & Updegraff, 2007) may reduce the negative effects of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination. In addition, the importance of parental support, a strong connection to family, and having a social support network in the community are noted protective factors for Latino youth in developing resiliency against problem behaviors and may buffer the effects of racial/ethnic discrimination (Kuperminc, Wilkins, Roche, & Alvarez-Jimenez, 2009; Sanders-Phillips, 2009).…”

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Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and health risk behaviors among Mexican American adolescents.

Flores

Tschann

Dimas³

et al. 2010

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Utilizing the concept of race-based traumatic stress, this study tested whether posttraumatic stress symptoms explain the process by which perceived discrimination is related to health risk behaviors among Mexican American adolescents. One hundred ten participants were recruited from a large health maintenance organization in Northern California. Mediational analyses indicated that adolescents who perceived more discrimination reported worse posttraumatic stress symptoms, controlling for covariates. In turn, adolescents who experienced heightened posttraumatic stress symptoms reported more alcohol use, more other drug use, involvement in more fights, and more sexual partners. Perceived discrimination was also directly related to involvement in more fights. Results provide support for the notion of race-based traumatic stress, specifically, that perceived discrimination may be traumatizing for Mexican American adolescents. Counseling psychologists and counselors in schools and community settings should assess Mexican American adolescents for the effects of discrimination and provide appropriate interventions to reduce its negative emotional impact.

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“…Religiosity has been hypothesized to positively influence mental health through many different mechanisms, including by providing a means to cope with stress, social support from religious communities, promoting human virtues in one's life (e.g., honesty, forgiveness, patience), and giving a sense of peace and meaning to one's life (Peres et al, 2018). Within Latinx youth, religion was often conceptualized as a potential source of resilience (e.g., Cardoso & Thompson, 2010;Kuperminc et al, 2009). For example, one study found that the high level of religiosity buffered the impact of witnessing violence on depressive symptoms in Latinx youth (Jocson et al, 2020).…”

Section: The Role Of Religiosity In Latinx and Sgm Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discrimination and depressive symptoms in sexual minority Latinx youth: Moderation by religious importance and attendance.

Thamrin¹,

Gonzales²,

Toomey

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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Relative to heterosexual peers, sexual minority youth experience significant mental health disparities. This is partly due to prejudicial encounters (e.g., discrimination, victimization) because of their sexual minority status, and potential intersecting and compounding prejudicial experiences related to their ethnic minority status. However, even though religiosity has been identified as a protective factor in the general literature and may be especially relevant for youth in Latinx families, few studies have examined whether religiosity serves as a buffer of the relations between discrimination-related stress and mental health in sexual minority Latinx youth. Thus, the aims were to examine (a) whether ethnic and sexuality discrimination have additive or multiplicative effects on depressive symptoms, and (b) whether own or family religiosity (defined by religious importance and attendance) moderates the relations between discrimination and depressive symptoms. Sample included 377 youth (M age = 20.29, SD = 2.61, age range 14-24). Results did not support an interaction between ethnic and sexuality discrimination, nor between own religiosity and ethnic discrimination, in predicting depressive symptoms. There were significant interactions between family religiosity and discrimination (ethnic and sexuality), in which family religiosity was negatively associated with depressive symptoms only at average and low levels of discrimination. There was a significant interaction between own religiosity and sexuality discrimination, in which own religiosity was negatively associated with depressive symptoms only at the low level of sexuality discrimination. Findings highlight the importance of examining the intersection of religion, sexuality, and Latinx minority status in relation to mental health outcome.

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Academic Attainment Among Latino Youth: A Social Justice Issue

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Ethnic pride and cultural values promote positive youth development in a conceptual replication of the Five Cs model.

Ethnic pride and cultural values promote positive youth development in a conceptual replication of the Five Cs model.

Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and health risk behaviors among Mexican American adolescents.

Discrimination and depressive symptoms in sexual minority Latinx youth: Moderation by religious importance and attendance.

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