Factors Affecting Academic Interest and Self Perception of Adolescent Hispanic Females

This investigation identifies deterrents to the educational, social, and cultural success of Latina adolescent females. Across the nation, and especially in states such as Texas and California, the Hispanic population is fast becoming the largest minority in society. Because the adolescent Hispanic population within the United States today will comprise much of America's future economic and social base, identifying and addressing educational, cultural, and social deterrents to their success becomes important not only for personal well-being, but for the well-being of future society as a whole. A second purpose was that of determining the efficacy of group-centered psychoeducational therapy in improving self-esteem and decreasing anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescent female Hispanic high school students. The experimental groups consisted of one group of seven female Hispanic adolescents who received computer and internet training and psychoeducational group counseling twice a week for five weeks. and a second group of five female Hispanic adolescents who received computer and internet training and psychoeducational group counseling twice a week for five weeks. The control group consisted of fourteen female Hispanic students who received no treatments. The Beck Depression Inventory was used to measure pre and post test levels of depression, the Beck Anxiety Inventory was used to measure pre and post test levels of anxiety, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem questionnaire and the Index of Self-Esteem were used to measure pre and post levels of self-esteem.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Abel, Karen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chandler, Cynthia K.
• Altekruse, Michael K.
• Kern, Carolyn

• adolescent
• hispanic female
• self-perception
• anxiety
• Hispanic American teenage girls -- Education.
• Hispanic American teenage girls -- Psychology.
• Self-perception in adolescence.

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Abel, Karen
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 191800422
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4011/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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