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Sibley, Erin – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Family educational involvement is consistently and positively associated with child achievement, but little work has closely examined the involvement practices of families of color, particularly immigrant families. Utilizing data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort 1998-99 (ECLS-K), this study used Hierarchical Linear…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Immigrants, Minority Groups, Longitudinal Studies
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Miller, Holly Ventura; Barnes, J. C.; Hartley, Richard D. – Crime & Delinquency, 2011
Previous qualitative research has suggested that Hispanic gang membership is linked to the process of acculturation. Specifically, studies have indicated that those who are less assimilated into mainstream American or "Anglo" society are at greater risk for joining gangs. Building on these observations, this study examines the relationship between…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Qualitative Research, Acculturation, Hispanic Americans