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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Latino College Students"”.
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Bidimensional acculturation measurement and sexual risk-taking of Latino college students
… and sexual risk-taking. Respondents were students from colleges and universities in the Midwest (N = 153, M age = 21.25, 58% female) who completed self-report measures of acculturation and sexual risk-taking behavior. The ARSMA-II, a bidimensional acculturation scale, was used to assess …
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Political Identity Priming and Own-Race Bias in Caucasian and Hispanic/Latino College Students
… members of one’s political in-group in Hispanic/Latino and White college students. In this study, participants completed a survey containing items assessing their political group identification. Following this, participants were shown a series of Hispanic/Latino and White faces labeled as liberal …
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THE EFFECT OF PEER RELATIONSHIPS ON THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCES OF UNDOCUMENTED LATINO COLLEGE STUDENTS
… of conditions and contexts on the success of college students in general. Relatively less work has been done, however, to understand such influences for Latino students and even fewer empirical studies exist concentrating on the undocumented college student experience. What research does exist …
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African-American and Latino students' beliefs about knowledge and learning
… beliefs of 1, 224 African-American and Latino college students. The initial purpose of the study was to first validate an existing instrument’s usefulness in measuring the epistemological beliefs of African-American and Latino college students. The Jehng Epistemological Beliefs …
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"""I'm Just a Guy."": Narratives of Mexican American College Students' Constructions of Masculinity and Sexual Health Beliefs"
… qualitative methodology was used to examine 6 Latino college students' sexual health beliefs about the human papillomavirus (HPV). Data were collected through the use of in-depth interviews and analyzed utilizing a thematic analysis. Participants' narratives showed complexity in the way issues …
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Testing a Biopsychosocial Model of Perceived Racism Among Latinos
… model of the racism-health link among Latinos. Nearly 225 Latino college students completed a paper-and-pencil survey, which included a number of measures: Everyday Perceived Racial Discrimination Index (Jackson & Williams, 1995), The Social Health Battery (Rand Corporation, 1978), …
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Interracial Contact Effects on Racial Prejudice among Students at Selective Colleges and Universities
… racial prejudice among white, black, Asian, and Latino college students at 28 elite colleges and universities in the United States. The study used longitudinal analyses to identify how interracial contact among college students influenced students' racial prejudice. White students interacted …
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The Effects of Cultural and Social Capital on College Choice: An Examination of the Differences Between Latino Students and Their Racial/Ethnic Peers
<p>Latino college students are the fastest growing minority segment in the United States. College choice has been the focus of many research studies; however the Latino student is different. They are different with respect to their college going behaviors and ultimately baccalaureate degree …
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Math anxiety and careers among bilingual Latinos
Latinos do not enter particular occupational fields at the same rate than other ethnic groups and certainly continue to be underrepresented in math, science, and engineering (MSE) fields. Although math anxiety has been widely studied as a variable influencing MSE careers among European-American …
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The Lived Experiences of 3rd Generation and Beyond U.S.-Born Mexican Heritage College Students: A Qualitative Study
… and beyond U.S.-born (3GAB-USB) Mexican heritage college students. Alvarez (1973) has written about the psychosocial impact "hybridity" can have on a U.S.- born (USB) Mexican individual who incorporates two distinct cultures (American and Mexican) in order to succeed in U.S. society, and yet, few …
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An Empowerment Evaluation of Colorado Mountain College’s Mountain Scholars Program via Latino Alumni Aspirational Goals and Outcomes
… qualitative inquiry evaluated Colorado Mountain College’s (CMC) in-house Mountain Scholars Program (MSP) via semi-structured interviews with five of its Latino alumni. This study’s assets-based social justice/transformative philosophical framework included David Fetterman’s methodological …
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The Influence of Institutional Practices and Resources on Latino Baccalaureate Completion Rates
<p>Today, Latinos are enrolling in higher education at higher rates than ever before. Access to higher education for Latinos is no longer the greatest issue facing this population. Instead, degree completion is of increasing concern not to only Latinos, but also to higher education researchers and …