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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Latino youth"”.
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Body Image and Sexuality Among Latino Youth
In the U.S., the Latino youth population is large and growing rapidly and many Latino youth are sexually active. These relatively high rates of sexual activity are concerning because Latino boys and girls, compared to other youth, have the lowest rate of contraceptive use and high rates of sexually …
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Sensation Seeking, Early Pregnancy and Criminal Justice System Involvement Among Latino Youth
… and criminal justice system involvement among Latino youth. It is a secondary analysis of data that comes from the Boricua Youth Study, an ongoing longitudinal study of Puerto Rican children and preadolescents living in the South Bronx and Puerto Rico. In the current analysis, data were …
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The role of culture in the somatic response of peer-victimized Latino youth
There is emerging evidence that Latino youth report a higher prevalence of somatic complaints than children from other ethnic groups. Although culture has been implicated to explain these somatization differences, few studies have investigated the extent to which cultural factors actually influence …
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Traumatic migration experiences and the development of PTSD in Latino youth: A scoping review
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Self-Disclosure, Secrecy, and Parental Knowledge in Caucasian and Latino Youth Managing Type 1 Diabetes
… with type 1 diabetes (N = 118 dyads, 48% Latino, 54% female adolescents, 10 to 15 years old, illness duration > 1 year, 25% on insulin pump). Qualitative data consisted of coding adolescent responses to interview questions about two self-identified diabetes-related stressful events: “Does …
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Understanding the Stressful Challenges of Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes Management in Caucasian and Latino Youth
… adolescence. A growing literature indicates that Latino youth have poorer diabetes control than do Caucasian youth. The broad objective of the present study was to examine ethnic differences in the experience and effects of stress on type 1 diabetes management during adolescence. SUBJECTS: …
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Aspirations and expectations in Latino youth: The role of barriers and support in the transition out of high school
… the future aspirations and expectation of Latino youth in the transition from high school. A mixed-methods design was used to explore the nature of youth's educational and occupational aspirations and expectations, including the gaps between expectations and aspirations and the gaps between …
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Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Its Relationship to Outcomes of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in a Diverse Sample of Caucasian and Latino Youth
… adolescent diabetes outcomes in Caucasian and Latino/a youth, and whether associations occur independent of socioeconomic factors. METHODS: Participants were Caucasian and Latina mothers and their adolescents with type I diabetes (N=118 dyads; 48% Latino; 54% female; 10 to 15 years old; illness …
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Searching for Mirrors: An Exploration of Racial Diversity in South Carolina's Public Library Youth Collections
… explored how books for African American and Latino youth are collected in South Carolina's public libraries. With little previous research on multicultural collection development in public library youth services in practice, library and information science benefits from studies that explore …
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Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in Mexican Youth: Evidence for the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
<p>According to the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Latino youth reported engaging in suicidal ideation and attempts more frequently when compared to African American and Caucasian youth. These findings have remained a consistent trend in epidemiological studies for the past 15 years (Duarte-Velez …
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Acculturation-related stressors and Latino immigrant adolescent depressive symptoms: a multiple mediation analysis of stressors and resources by gender and immigrant generational status
… among first and second generation immigrant Latino adolescents in the United States, and to test a novel theoretical framework based on an integration of acculturative stress and stress process theories among Latino youth. The main research hypotheses and exploratory research question were: …
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Investigating the Social Capital & Help-Seeking Behaviors of High School Latino Foster Youth
<p>Foster youth in high school face a barrage of obstacles not faced by their peers, obstacles which make it challenging to finish high school and gain acceptance into four-year universities. But foster youth are resilient in ways that we can only begin to understand, navigating how to codeswitch, …
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"What's your fantasy?" the sexual objectification of women in rap videos
For many African American youth, hip hop has been a part of their cultural identity since the 1970s (George 1998; Rose 1994). From its inception three decades ago, hip hop has grown from an urban (predominantly black and Latino youth) culture into an international youth phenomenon, transcending …
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Knowledge -the Fifth Element of Hip Hop Music: Mexican and Puerto Rican Youth Engagement of Hip Hop as Critically Rac(ed) Education Discourse
… among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth in Chicago, schooling, and hip hop music as critical pedagogy. Using Critical Race and Latino Critical Race theories, the author conducted a multi-methodological qualitative study with twenty Mexican and Puerto Rican youth in Chicago analyzing …
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Possible Selves of Diverse Adolescents: Implications for Higher Education and Mental Health
… in the academic achievement of American youth, with Latino and Black adolescents attaining higher education at vastly lower rates than White adolescents. Though numerous reasons exist for these educational disparities this study examines possible selves as they may relate to educational …
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Leadership Development Among Youth in Latino Congregations: The Relationship of Religious Participation to Social Service Involvement and Engagement in Leadership Tasks
… attest that some of the young people in U.S. Latino churches are developing as leaders within their congregations. This seems to come as a result of the organic or less-formalized leadership development dynamics and practices present within Latino congregations, where leaders often develop by …
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¡Hay que hablar sobre esto! [We need to talk about this]: Exploring the Relationship Between Contraceptive and Consent Knowledge, Sexual Self-efficacy and Psychological Distress Among Latino Adolescents
Latino adolescents are a growing population in the US (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020), and they experience disproportionately high rates of unintended teen pregnancy, STIs and HIV (Guilamo-Ramos et al., 2012; Martin et al., 2021). Also, adolescents struggle with high rates of mental health issues …
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The civic development of youth of color in urban community-based youth programs: Understanding process and context
Community-based youth organizing programs (CBYOs) have been identified as particularly favorable contexts for youth civic engagement (Flanagan & Faison, 2001; Kirshner, 2004). Yet few studies have explored the developmental processes whereby youth become civically engaged through participation in …
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Gender Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Esteem in Latino Adolescent Males
… relationship between these dimensions and youth’s psychological adjustment. Three of their gender identity constructs are pertinent to this study: gender typicality, gender contentedness, and felt pressure. While subsequent studies have had similar significant results (Carver, Yunger, & …
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