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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Mexican-descent"”.
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Success Stories of Students of Mexican Descent
… of three academically successful students of Mexican descent. The goal of this study was to give a counter to the stereotypical deficit view of Hispanic students in the eyes of teachers, parents, and other students.</p> <p>The participants were three high school students of Mexican descent …
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En Comunidad: The Undergraduate Research Experiences of College Students of Mexican Descent
… research experiences of students of Mexican descent at a public, broad-access institution. Through a case study approach, this study took place at a broad-access, baccalaureate-granting, teaching institution with a Hispanic Serving Institution federal designation. Data for this study …
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Community Assessment of Cardiovascular Health and Risk Among People of Mexican Descent in Berwyn, Illinois
… races and ethnicities. The number of persons of Mexican ethnicity has increased significantly in the United States, notably in the community of Berwyn, a suburb of Chicago, IL where according to the U.S. 2010 census 60% of the community is now of Mexican descent. The factors that contribute to …
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Levels of Acculturation of Children of Mexican Descent as Perceived in their Kinetic Family Drawings
… expanding population of Latino/Hispanics. Mexican families present a particular challenge to clinicians and to treatment settings, as well as to researchers. The impact of acculturation on psychological assessment instruments is largely unknown. This study sought to use the Kinetic Family …
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Heritage Learners of Mexican Descent in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study of Past and Present Experiences
… experiences of heritage learners (HLs) of Mexican descent who were studying or had recently studied advanced Spanish in institutions of higher education. All of the participants had been exposed to Spanish in the home and began their studies in elementary or middle school in the United …
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Heritage Learners of Mexican Descent in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study of Past and Present Experiences
… experiences of heritage learners (HLs) of Mexican descent who were studying or had recently studied advanced Spanish in institutions of higher education. All of the participants had been exposed to Spanish in the home and began their studies in elementary or middle school in the United …
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Effects of Peer & Familial Ethnic Socialization on Processes of Ethnic Identity Development in Mexican-Descent Adolescents
… to the process of ethnic identity development in Mexican descent adolescents (N=111, M age = 14.5 years, SD = 1.2 years). The PESM is a modified version of the Umaña-Taylor Familial Ethnic Socialization Scale (2001). Results indicated that the PESM is a reliable scale, but that it will benefit …
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An examination of Mexican descent caregivers' reasons for seeking treatment for relatives with severe and persistent mental illness
Examining how Latino caregivers of relatives with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) conceptualize their relative’s problems and how their relatives engage and disengage with services is a critical undertaking in light of (a) evidence showing that Latino caregivers have high levels of …
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Ethnic identity among people of Mexican descent: a comparison of self reference, perception of similarity, and interaction preference
Using the 1979 Chicano Survey, this thesis examines three measures of ethnic identity as they relate to ethno-political attitudes and hypothesized structural determinants. While this study indicates that the three measures may each tap into separate dimensions of the self concept, it is determined …
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The relationship of academic achievement to the language use and language attitudes of bilingual Chicago youths of Mexican descent
… study compares traits of Midwestern youths of Mexican descent from three separate academic levels: high school dropouts (HSD), high school students (HSS), and college students (CS). Data for the study were obtained by means of a questionnaire that included sociodemographic information (e.g. …
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The Relationship between Acculturation, Collectivism, Individualism and Alcohol Use in Mexican Descent Adults Living In The Kansas City Regional Area
… acculturation and alcohol use in a sample of 236 Mexican descent adults living in the Kansas City regional area. A bilinear model of acculturation where the level of enculturation is taken into account was incorporated in my analysis. The results of a multiple logistic regression analysis showed …
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Adolescent Mexican Mothers: Within-Group Variations in Socioemotional Well-Being and Social Support
Although Mexican descent adolescents have the highest pregnancy rates in the nation, little scholarly research has focused on the social and cultural factors related to socioemotional well-being. The present study examines three areas concerning Mexican descent adolescent mothers: (a) …
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Transcending Borders: The Transnational Construction of Mexicanness, 1920-1935
… Borders: The Transnational Construction of Mexicanness, 1920-1935,<”> examines the conflicting attitudes towards "Mexicanness" or <italic>mexicanidad</italic> both in Mexico and the United States, an area that, Jos<é> Lim<ó>n, conceptualizes as "Greater Mexico." Beginning …
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Community building with people of Mexican decent [sic] living in the United States
… as a method for addressing the problems faced by Mexican Immigrant and Mexican American communities. One of the assumptions that underpinned this study is that community building can be used to counteract racist attitudes toward ethnic minorities. Historically, people of Mexican descent have been …
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The mental health advantage of Latino neighborhoods: Investigating the role of social resources, stressful exposures, and neighborhood perceptions in the Latino composition-mental health relationship among Mexican-descent residents in high and low Latino composition neighborhoods of Texas City, Texas
… estimated in a large, representative sample of Mexican-descent residents of Texas City, Texas. The role of foreign-born status, Spanish language, social support, discrimination and stress are investigated as potential mediators and moderators of the association between Latino neighborhood …
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Güeras, Morenas, y Prietas: Mexicana Color Lines and Ethnoracial Sameness-Difference
… and racialized experiences of women of Mexican descent residing in the greater Tampa Bay region and the multiple meanings that they assigned to race and color categories. Tampa's in-between status, straddling North and South and black/white imaginaries provides important insight into the …
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Sufriendo y luchando por un milagro (Suffering and fighting for a miracle: The meaning of infertility for some Mexican and Mexican American women).
… discover what it meant to be infertile women of Mexican descent. Some women reported that the infertility experience and the physical diagnostic procedures and treatments for infertility resulted in physical and psychological suffering (sufrimiento). Other women believed that infertility was a …
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La Quiero Ver~Quiero Verla: Monolingual and bilingual children's variable clitic placement
… with 21 Spanish-English bilingual children of Mexican descent, ages 5-11, and 71 monolingual children in Mexico, ages 6-11. All direct object clitics in variable contexts were extracted (N =140 tokens, .2% of total word count). Both the monolingual and bilingual children produced high rates of …
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How Do Daily Life Social-Cultural Aspects Influence the Way Latina(X) Mothers Experience the Postpartum Period?
Postpartum depression rates among women of Mexican descent may reach up to 50%, with prevalence estimates ranging from 23% to 51% among U.S. and foreign-born Latinas, far exceeding rates in the general population (Sanchez et al., 2019; Sampson et al., 2021). This study examined how acculturative …
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