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Catholic School Culture and Teacher Burnout: A Study of Catholic Secondary Schools in Texas
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Beth A. Burau – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This doctoral project explores the relationship between Catholic school culture and teacher burnout within the context of Catholic secondary schools in the state of Texas. While the subject of teacher burnout has gotten considerable attention in educational research, there is very little research on the specific relationship between school culture…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholic Educators, Teacher Burnout, Work Environment
Immigration Enforcement and the Mental Health of Latino High School Students
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Capps, Randy; Cardoso, Jodi Berger; Brabeck, Kalina – Migration Policy Institute, 2020
This report examines links between immigration enforcement, related fears, and the mental health of Latino youth. It presents the findings of a survey of Latino students at five high schools in Harris County, Texas, and six high schools in four Rhode Island cities, conducted during the 2018-19 school year. The survey explored students' fears of…
Descriptors: Immigration, Law Enforcement, Undocumented Immigrants, Hispanic American Students
An Adapted Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Gang-Affiliated Mexican American Adolescents
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Valdez, Avelardo; Cepeda, Alice; Parrish, Danielle; Horowitz, Rosalind; Kaplan, Charles – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: This study assessed the effectiveness of an adapted Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) intervention for gang-affiliated Mexican American adolescents and their parents. Methods: A total of 200 adolescents and their family caregivers were randomized to either a treatment or a control condition. Outcomes included adolescent substance…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Juvenile Gangs, Mexican Americans, Intervention
The Hispanic Americans Baseline Alcohol Survey (HABLAS): Acculturation, Birthplace and Alcohol-Related Social Problems across Hispanic National Groups
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Caetano, Raul; Vaeth, Patrice A. C.; Rodriguez, Lori A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between acculturation, birthplace, and alcohol-related social problems across Hispanic national groups. A total of 5,224 Hispanic adults (18+ years) were interviewed using a multistage cluster sample design in Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, and Los Angeles. Multivariate analysis…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Mexican Americans, Acculturation, Alcohol Abuse
Internalizing Problems among Cyberbullying Victims and Moderator Effects of Friendship Quality
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Aoyama, Ikuko; Saxon, Terrill F.; Fearon, Danielle D. – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between cyberbullying victimization and internalizing problems among the youth. Moderator effects of a friendship quality were also investigated to examine if higher friendship quality moderated the negative effects of cyberbullying on psychological states of students.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Internet, Inferences, Depression (Psychology)
Principals' Response to Change in Schools and Its Effect on School Climate
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Busch, Steve; Johnson, Shirley; Robles-Piña, Rebecca; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
In this study, the researchers examined principal behaviors related with change in school climate. That is, the manner in which principals managed change within their schools and the impact of these change behaviors on the school climate was investigated. Through use of the Leadership Profile (Johnson, 2003) and the Organizational Health Inventory…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Environment
The Rural Texas Environment: A Profile of Stressors.
Mountain, Karen; and Others – 1984
Questionnaire data from 168 rural residents of Atacosa, Cass, Freestone, Scurry, and Upton counties, 153 health and human services providers and interviews with 125 residents of 25 rural communities identified and described stressors in the rural Texas environment. Rural Texans viewed economic problems (money, lack of jobs, poverty, working…
Descriptors: Community Role, Delivery Systems, Economic Factors, Family Problems