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Marsiglia, Flavio F.; Parsai, Monica; Kulis, Stephen – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2009
This study used baseline data from the Southwest sample of the Latino Acculturation and Health Project to examine whether familism and cohesion are related to problem behaviors in a sample of Mexican and Mexican-American adolescents in the Southwest United States. This study is important to practitioners and prevention and intervention researchers…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, At Risk Persons, Immigrants, Mexicans
Price, David W.; Price, Dorothy Z. – 1982
Estimates were made of the effects of school lunch participation and various socioeconomic, anthropometric, and psychological variables on the consumption of 20 food items by 8- to 12-year-old children. The study sample consisted of 845 school children in the State of Washington, stratified by ethnic group and by poverty level so that it contained…
Descriptors: Blacks, Breakfast Programs, Cultural Influences, Eating Habits
Hirano-Nakanishi, Marsha J.; Diaz, R. Leticia – 1982
Little has been done to analyze the forces that predict whether high-risk students will stay in school or drop out. Current and retrospective data from 27 high-risk youths were studied to shed light on this problem and to suggest ways of improving educational services. The at-risk students were from low socioeconomic backgrounds, were Mexican…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Cohort Analysis