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Using the frameworks of Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) and an integrative model of developmental competencies, this study examined the roles of cultural mistrust toward education and natural mentoring relationship quality in the academic outcomes of Latinx adolescents. Participants were 294 Latinx students (52.9% female; mean age 15 years in 9th grade; 21% first-generation, 63% second-generation, […]
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The purpose of this longitudinal (2 years), ethnographic study was to identify persons or entities who act to protect refugee adolescents (Protective Agents), their capacities for doing so (Protective Resources), and how they do it (Protective Mechanisms) that promote their psychosocial well-being. Participants included a purposively sampled group of 73 Burundian and Liberian refugee adolescents […]
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We explore the the relationship between mentoring and acculturation using a sample of 140 urban, low-income, Latino/a high school seniors. RQs- (a) Is the number of mentoring relationships related to different aspects of acculturation?, (b) Are frequency of contact between mentors and mentees and relationship duration related to youth’s acculturation?, and (c) Are characteristics of […]
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Using the frameworks of Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) and an integrative model of developmental competencies, this study examined the roles of cultural mistrust toward education and natural mentoring relationship quality in the academic outcomes of Latinx adolescents. Participants were 294 Latinx students (52.9% female; mean age 15 years in 9th grade; 21% first-generation, 63% second-generation, […]
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The purpose of this longitudinal (2 years), ethnographic study was to identify persons or entities who act to protect refugee adolescents (Protective Agents), their capacities for doing so (Protective Resources), and how they do it (Protective Mechanisms) that promote their psychosocial well-being. Participants included a purposively sampled group of 73 Burundian and Liberian refugee adolescents […]
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We explore the the relationship between mentoring and acculturation using a sample of 140 urban, low-income, Latino/a high school seniors. RQs- (a) Is the number of mentoring relationships related to different aspects of acculturation?, (b) Are frequency of contact between mentors and mentees and relationship duration related to youth’s acculturation?, and (c) Are characteristics of […]