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Trajectories of Discrimination across Adolescence: Associations with Academic, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes
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Diane Hughes; Juan Del Toro; Jessica F. Harding; Niobe Way; Jason R. D. Rarick – Child Development, 2016
The authors explored trajectories of perceived discrimination over a 6-year period (five assessments in 6th-11th grade) in relation to academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment in 8th and 11th grades. They distinguished discrimination from adults versus peers in addition to overt versus covert discrimination from peers. The sample…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Ethnic Groups, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination
Degree of Bilingualism and Cognitive Ability in Mainland Puerto Rican Children.
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Hakuta, Kenji – Child Development, 1987
Results indicated a positive relationship between nonverbal intelligence measures and degree of bilingualism in younger subjects. The relationship attenuated over time and age level. Metalinguistic awareness in the native language did not show a relation with degree of bilingualism. (PCB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Children, Cognitive Ability
Ethnicity and Psychosocial Factors in Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Adolescence.
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Bettes, Barbara A.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Examined differences among Black, Anglo, Puerto Rican, and Dominican adolescents in the relation between cigarette and alcohol use and psychosocial functioning. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies
Culture and Class Influences on Anglo and Puerto Rican Mothers' Beliefs Regarding Long-Term Socialization Goals and Child Behavior.
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Harwood, Robin L.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Two studies examined cultural and socioeconomic influences on mothers' beliefs regarding desirable and undesirable long-term socialization goals and child behavior. Found that even when socioeconomic status was controlled, Anglo and Puerto Rican mothers of toddlers placed differential value on the constructs of self-maximization and proper…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Behavior, Cultural Influences, Mothers
Immigrant Differences in School-Age Children's Verbal Trajectories: A Look at Four Racial/Ethnic Groups
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Leventhal, Tama; Xue, Yange; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2006
This study explored inter- and intraindividual immigrant group differences in children's English verbal ability over ages 6-16 in 4 racial/ethnic groups--White Americans, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans (N=2,136). Although all children's mean verbal scores increased with age, immigrant children (except for Black Americans)…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Verbal Ability, English (Second Language), Mexican Americans
The Influence of Culturally Derived Values on Anglo and Puerto Rican Mothers' Perceptions of Attachment Behavior.
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Harwood, Robin L. – Child Development, 1992
Based on information provided by Anglo and Puerto Rican mothers living in the New Haven, Connecticut area, culturally sensitive vignettes of toddler attachment behavior were constructed. In response to the vignettes, Anglo mothers focused on children's individual autonomy, while Puerto Rican mothers emphasized children's maintenance of proper…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Psychosocial Attributes and Life Experiences of Disadvantaged Minority Mothers: Age and Ethnic Variations.
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Wasserman, Gail A.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Purposes of this study were to identify certain psychosocial attributes and life experiences of minority adolescent mothers and explore variations in these attributes and experiences in and across age and ethnic groups. (PCB)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Age Differences, Blacks
Predictors of Behavior Problems in Preschool Children of Inner-City Afro-American and Puerto Rican Adolescent Mothers.
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Leadbeater, Bonnie J.; Bishop, Sandra J. – Child Development, 1994
Using maternal reports of child behavior, evaluated child, maternal, and environmental predictors of behavior problems in 83 African American and Puerto Rican preschoolers of disadvantaged adolescent mothers. Children of teenage mothers were less likely to have behavior problems by age three if the mothers received emotional support from peers and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Blacks, Child Behavior, Disadvantaged Youth