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Hale, Katie E.; Kuperminc, Gabriel – Youth & Society, 2021
Acculturation includes cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions, but few studies have included all three, and little is known about the ways in which these dimensions interact with contextual factors to predict psychological distress among Latinx adolescents. The current study explored the strength of the associations between the three…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Hispanic Americans, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables
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Cuevas, Carlos A.; Sabina, Chiara; Bell, Kristin A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Distinct bodies of research have examined the link between victimization and psychological distress and cultural variables and psychological health, but little is known about how cultural variables affect psychological distress among Latino victims. Substantial research has concluded that Latino women are more likely than non-Latino women to…
Descriptors: Females, Acculturation, Immigration, Cultural Influences
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Arbona, Consuelo; Olvera, Norma; Rodriguez, Nestor; Hagan, Jacqueline; Linares, Adriana; Wiesner, Margit – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2010
The purpose of the study was to examine differences between documented and undocumented Latino immigrants in the prevalence of three immigration-related challenges (separation from family, traditionality, and language difficulties), which were made more severe after the passage of restrictive immigration legislation in 1996. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Immigration, Fear, Undocumented Immigrants
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Trejos-Castillo, Elizabeth; Vazsonyi, Alexander T. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
Though official data document that Hispanic youth are at a great risk for early sexual intercourse, STDs, and teen pregnancy, only few etiological studies have been conducted on Hispanic youth; almost no work has examined potential generational differences in these behaviors, and thus, these behaviors may have been mistakenly attributed to…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Acculturation, Child Rearing, Pregnancy
Laosa, Luis M. – 1989
This paper explores the forms of experience associated with immigration and settlement that are likely to influence the course of adaptation, adjustment, and development of Hispanic immigrant children. Several lines of research and theory on psychosocial stress, coping, and development were reviewed and examined for their relevance to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Coping